We are in the peak of summer here in good old Indiana. The summer solstice passed what, like, last week or something? Yeah... I don't really know. However, I do have an actual point to make with this blog post, so let's get onto it.
Growing up, I was never one of those kids who longed for summer vacation. I mean, it was fun... for like two weeks... and when we went on trips, but I spent the majority of my summer days bored out of my mind and almost every summer night and weekend super busy. Looking back now, I have no idea what I did with my summer days. I imagine they were mostly spent talking to friends online (back when we still used dial up and everyone had AOL), and I am sure there was a fair amount of hours spent designing my Xanga and MySpace pages, reading/re-reading Harry Potter, and my brothers and I locking each other out of the house for long periods of time. Incase you haven't figured it out yet, I never answered that summer was my favorite season. I didn't understand what was so great about summer! Hot and sticky outside, bipolar air conditioning inside, never getting to see your friends from school, having to find ways to spend hours of your day that would normally be occupied by school. I truly and honestly believe I would have preferred year-round schooling to having a big summer vacation.
What I didn't know then that I have learned this summer is that I never knew what was so great about summer because I never got to see the best parts of it. All the fun things that happen in summer happen at night and on the weekends! When I was busy unlike normal people who don't spend their free time in community theater shows or rigorously training for a nationally ranked all-star cheerleading squad! Or maybe growing up there just weren't so many fun and free (or cheap) events to do around this area, but I have done so many things this summer that I never really got to do before. I've been to festivals and carnivals and the fireworks downtown. I've gone on random adventures to animal shelters and the Children's Museum and had a picnic with my boyfriend in the park. Later this week, we are going to a park in North Salem for this star-gazing event they're having, and next week is this Arts Festival I really want to go to! There are just so many things to do that are truly so much good, old-fashioned fun that don't cost tons of money like going to the movies does.
I am loving spending this summer with some really awesome people in my life, and I am glad that I am taking every opportunity to make memories with them. There will never be another summer like this summer. Who knows where the road may lead? But I am loving Summer 2011, and I'm glad I've got a whole month and a half of it left!
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