Hi!
In the part of the world wherein I have the privilege of living, this is the week of the summer solstice.
This week, the sun takes it's laziest trip across the skies, trailing only beauty in it's wake. The light struggles against the darkness only losing the battle of dominance slightly before the turn of the calendar. It marks the beginning of a most treasured stretch of the year, as it always seems so fleeting.
It's a time of in-between for school-aged kids of all ages. A time of transition, a time to reconnect to their families and themselves before heading back into the structure of a student's life. Fewer schedules, lifted restrictions on bedtimes, no homework, plenty of sunshine, bike rides, and other summertime adventures.
Some have lakes to escape to on a regular basis, spending an entire summer living a life at the beach. Others have to stay closer to home, and need to be a bit more creative when it comes to warm-weather entertainment. Budget, time, and privilege often dictate what your summer may look like.
If you are lucky enough to be an all-summer lake dweller, I hope you have the most incredible time, filled with incredible memories built from a reconnection to your wildhood.
If you are more inclined to be a taker of weekend road trips, or have only a couple of weeks of vacation at your disposal, make the most of it. Just for your information, there is ample agreement in the ether that road trip snacks don't actually count as food intake or calories at all, for that matter. I'm pretty sure I read a study...
If you are self-employed, or in any other situation where you don't get paid vacation time, there are still ways to enjoy summer that cost little or no money and can make your days off feel like a vacation. Take advantage of every non-working minute to do fun things that don't fit into your usual routine. A walk, a bike ride, a picnic, a water fight, anything that takes you away from your day-to-day.
Whatever your situation, just do yourself the favour of allowing yourself to enjoy this time. If we are very lucky, we get about 80 summers to enjoy throughout our entire lives. Way too many don't even get that many. When we are very young, they seem plentiful and endless, but as we age, we begin to appreciate the fact that they are anything but.
Take pleasure in the small things, for they can be incredibly special, but, for crying in the sink, don't limit yourself to small things if you don't have to!
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The sun and moon struggle for power over the skies. Although she knows she will inevitably have to concede, Sun holds tightly to the edges of the horizon, painting her light with every brilliance until she grows too weary to linger. She briefly rests, as she will be victorious, again, once the clock strikes the early hours of tomorrow.
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