Before you know it, we’ll be hitting the unofficial midway point of summer.
I know the first day of summer was just a little over a week ago. Yet once the Fourth of July comes and goes, we unfortunately shift our thoughts toward the dog days of August, then Labor Day, then back to school, and summer is over.
Don’t shoot the messenger, but that is the way it goes … if you let it.
So here are a couple of ideas that have worked for me, and maybe they can help slow the passing of summer.
I just did this last week, mostly because I was too lazy to do it earlier. I finally moved our winter boots that have been sitting by our back door to the basement. Doing so helps me feel like winter just ended and we have the whole summer ahead of us.
Now would be a good time to start that summer diet you’ve been putting off since April. Watch a rerun of the Kentucky Derby.
Do that spring cleaning again.
Wear your sandals without socks. Get your bike out of the shed and actually ride it.
Go to JJ’s and pretend it just opened for the summer.
Drink a green beer. Hand out May baskets.
You do a couple of these things and then you look at your tanless legs and you’ll think summer has just started.
If none of these helpful hints slow the summer down, try this one: Christmas is still 177 days way.
Enjoy your Fourth of July! – There is still a lot of summer fun yet to be had