Summer Break

I’m taking the summer off. 

I’m going old school, like back when I was a kid, when the summer was about fun. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with chocolate milk. Ice cream. Cartoons. Reading. Playing. Jumping rope. Bike riding around the block. Roller skating in the schoolyard. Running under the hose strung over the clothesline and “swimming” in the plastic pool set up in the driveway. (Remember, I was a city kid!) 

Okay, I can’t really go back that far. Me on roller skates now would be an accident waiting to happen, and the only thing that would fit in that plastic pool now is my feet. But I think you get the idea.

 

I’ve been struggling lately, for a number of reasons, to keep my optimistic realist/realistic optimist self going. I find I am in need of . . . something. A rest. A reset. A re-evaluation.

 

So, in keeping with a more nostalgic, more relaxed summer, the plan is a loose one, but hopefully includes moments of fun, laughter, peace, play. 

 

But no roller skates. 

 

Wishing you all a super summer!

 

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Any suggestions for rest, resetting, re-evaluating? What are your favorite summer memories as a kid? Any favorite summer activities, books, TV shows, movies? Then or now?