Can’t wait for summer…

Lilacs from my mothers yard.

The smell of the lilacs as they start to bud and flower, the scent wafting over my parents’ yard like sweet perfume, used to tell me summer break is around the corner.

Today, I noticed them again. Bloomed against the back of my parents’ yard. Telling me that soon my own kids will be out of school. A mere few weeks left before summer break.

The days will be sunny, beautiful and full of cookouts and pool time fun. I can’t wait. While today is a gorgeous slightly breezy day, and I’ve even gotten some sun on my shoulders and along my nose, they are calling for rain again. They are calling for a drop in temperatures. It’ll cool down again they say.

I’m saying they are wrong. The storms are going to pass us, the moisture in the air already causing dew against my face, the muggy heat almost enough to be suffocating, and yet not a complaint to be had by me. It’s sunny, and it’s gorgeous out.  I’m in shorts and a tank top and completely happy.

And when the kids get home, I’m taking them to have a fun little water fight. Nothing like a water fight on a sunny hot day to lift ones spirits. That, and burgers on the grill.