Thursday, May 21, 2009

You know summer is coming when ...



You can actually sit through an entire soccer practice without being wrapped up in a coat, gloves and a blanket.

The line is really long at the ice cream place on a Thursday night.

The dogs spend the morning lying baking on the driveway in the sun, and the afternoon in the shade trying to cool off.

You keep the windows open at night and close them in the morning, and the house stays comfortably cool all day.

You still hear the thump, thump, thump, swoosh of the basketball in your driveway at 8:30 at night.

You can work from your deck, thanking the late spring gods for warm breezes, a cool drink, a laptop and really good wi-fi.

You attend the end of year chorus concert, recorder concert, and the school academic fair in the same week.

Your younger daughter finds a caterpillar and makes it a home inside a Dixie cup, complete with grass, leaves, a stick and a large wood chip.

How do you know when summer's coming?

2 comments:

Always Home and Uncool said...

When having my computer next to a sliding glass down becomes advantageous.

for a different kind of girl said...

When the doorbell starts ringing at 7 a.m., and never stops until around 9 p.m., and is typically followed by the door slamming open and close in response to me gently reminding all who pass not to slam the screen door.