What's the rush?

Why do I have this feeling that summer is over already? Its only July 5th and I'm having that "end of August" sensation. Maybe it's because our temps have been a little mild - high 70s as opposed to the low 80s as they should be. A couple of nights recently have been downright chilly!

Maybe it's because I went to shop for a bathing suit this past weekend and was bombarded with mannequins wearing jeans and long sleeve sweaters. The few mix and match bathing suit pieces that remain have been relegated to the back of the store clearance rack. It took hours to weed through the mess trying to find pieces that actually went together and were the same size. I'm sorry but way back there in January, in the midst of the dead of winter, I just didn't FEEL like shopping for a swimsuit!

Maybe it's because we already had our summer BBQ. We usually host a BBQ the third Saturday in August but this year we are vacationing with friends that weekend instead. I guess Lu's 3rd birthday BBQ kind of took it's place this year.

Finally, this premature autumnal feeling has also been bolstered by that stupid chipmunk that's chosen my flower garden to burrow and nest in. He/she/they have pretty much destroyed the root systems of many of my perennials. Just looking at what's been ruined is depressing so I've kind of lost interest in weeding and maintaining the yard altogether. Plus, we got one of those obnoxious blue pools recently and it totally destroyed the look of the yard anyway.

But whatever the reason or reasons may be it's definatley time to snap out of it. Summertime is short lived around here so its out to the obnoxious blue pool we go. While I'm out there I might even check on the coneflowers and pull a few weeds. After all, I do it all wearing one of the THREE swim suits I scrounged around and pulled off of that disorganized clearance rack...at HALF PRICE!