3.06.2010

summerwishing

OKAY, SO I’M SITTING HERE- RESEARCHING BUDDHISM (COMPULSARY MODULE, CLEARLY NOT OF PERSONAL CHOICE!), AND LOOKING AT PHOTOS FROM LOVELY PLACES SUCH AS NEPAL, THAILAND AND KOREA. AND I REALISE, I MISS THE SUMMER, AND IT’S CONNOTATIONS.  
   
SURE I SIT AND THE SUN SHINES THROUGH THE SKY LIGHT AND I THINK AND HOPE THAT MAYBE, JUST POSSIBLE THIS IS THE START. BUT THEN, IT’S GONE.  TYPICAL, AND USUALLY FOLLOWED BY SOMEWHAT OF AN ARCTIC GUST OR HEAVY SHOWER. ITS RUBBISH AND I HATE IT. 
    
I WANT THE SUMMER NOW, I MISS IT.
  
I CAN’T WAIT:     



-FOR SUNSETS AND RED SKIES  
-FOR LEAVING THE HOUSE WITHOUT 3 LAYERS, WOOLLEN SOCKS, AN UMBRELLA AND A RAINCOAT  
-FOR LETTING MY HAIR DRY NATURALLY, WITHOUT RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA  
-FOR DRINKING ICE COLD DIET COKE AND NOT HAVING TO HOLD IT WITH MY SLEEVE -FOR THE LOVELY COCONUT SMELL OF TANNING OIL. AND IT’S EFFECTS.   
-FOR BARE FEET, AND NOT PURPLE TOES 
-FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF REJECTING AN OUTFIT BECAUSE OF OVERHEATING ISSUES  
-FOR PLAYING UNO OUTDOORS WITH MY SISTER AND OVERLY COMPETITIVE YOUNGER BROTHER  
-FOR BEING NOSTALGIC AND CAREFREE, JUMPING WILDLY ON TRAMPOLINES  
-FOR SANDALS (YES THE TOPSHOP LACE-UPS) AND PAINTED NAILS TO BECOME OBLIGATORY  
-FOR SUNGLASSES TO BE NECESSITATED TO AVOID PREMATURE BLINDNESS. AND KNOWING THEY ENHANCE ANY OUTFIT  
-FOR DRIVING WITH THE WINDOW DOWN  
-FOR SUNBATHING AND GETTING SO HOT IT’S UNTRUE  
-FOR LISTENING TO HEADPHONES, FOR PURE RELAXATION AND NOT TO ENCOURAGE A SPEEDIER PACE ON A COLD WALK HOME IN ORDER TO WARM MYSELF UP. 
-FOR ICE COLD COKE  
-FOR FROZEN BANANAS AND SOLERO LOLLIES  
-FOR HAVING JUMPING IN THE POOL TO COOL OFF 
-FOR DAYS TO BE LONGER AND NIGHTS TO BE LIGHTER  
-FOR SPONTANEOUS BARBEQUES (AND CONSEQUENTLY REALISING THERE IS NOTHING VEGETARIAN SO CHAR GRILLED BANANA WILL HAVE TO DO)  
-FOR TRAVELLING AND SEEING BEACHES AND VIEWS YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU’D SEE  
-FOR SWIMMING, AND SWIMMING, AND SWIMMING  
-FOR SUNSHINE  
-FOR EXPLORING CITIES AND CULTURE AND EXOTIC PLACES  
-FOR FACE-ACHE FROM SQUINTING IN TO THE SUN  
-FOR CHILDLIKE GAMES AND SPENDING HOURS PLAYING HANDSTAND COMPETITIONS IN THE POOL.  
-FOR TANNED LIMBS -FOR BLONDER HAIR -FOR BEING TOO HOT  
-FOR HIRING BIKES AND SUCCESSFULLY LOOKING LIKE THE VON TRAPP FAMILY  
-FOR BEING PAINFULLY AWOKEN BY SUNSHINE- OKAY A RARITY IN ENGLAND, BUT WAS PURE LUSH IN TOBAGO 
-FOR FLIP FLOPS AND OUR LOVE/ HATE RELATIONSHIP.  
-FOR LAKES, AND SEAS, AND POOLS AND RIVERS. BASICALLY ANYTHING I CAN SWIM IN. 
-FOR THE PURE NOVELTY OF HANDS WITHOUT GLOVES  
-FOR FRECKLES ON YOUR TOP LIP YOU HATE THAT YOUR SISTER LAUGHS AT, BUT KNOW IT’S OKAY COS IT MEANS YOU ‘CAUGHT THE SUN’  
-FOR CHOOSING AN OUTFIT, WHILST KNOWING IT WILL ACUTALLY BE SEEN, NOT JUST HIDDEN UNDER THE NUMEROUS LAYERS 
-FOR NOT USING MAKE-UP, BECAUSE IT’S TOO PALE! 
-FOR SHORTS TOO SHORT AND BIKINI TOPS 
-FOR APPRECIATING A LIGHT BREEZE ONCE IN A WHILE  
-FOR EATING OUTSIDE, AND MAKING THE BIG SWAP FROM COOKED CARROTS TO COLDER, RAW CARROTS  
-FOR WILD FRISBEE AND BADMINTON IN THE GARDEN. AND ALMOST INEVITABLY HAVING TO KNOCK-ON NEXT DOOR, TO ASK FOR THE FRISBEE BACK.



YES SUMMER IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A SEASON. IT’S THE EPITOME OF HAPPINESS.
 

4 comments:

  1. i loved reading this!! i have major nostalgia now. i completely agree about summer being the epitome of happiness, it's the time of year where i just feel more alive.

    thankyou for sharing your summer memories, it took me away from my cold bedroom and grey skies to bright skies and sunshine :) ♥

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  2. hi!

    Read through some of your blog entries and really enjoy it! Hope you don't mind me following :)

    I totally agree with you on the whole summer thing... HURRY UP!! I absolutely hate lugging winter stuff around... and to leave the house for work when it's dark! Ohhh.. and the flip flops... and summer holidays... and much longed for sun-kissed skin.

    Love T
    Terri @ loveterri.blogspot.com

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  3. awhhhh so want the sunshine out now :)
    you're blog keeps me going Al, can always rely on it for some light hearted humour and a wealth of inspiration
    miss you lady xx

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  4. nice blog HONEY! :D I LIKE IT!!!

    Follow my blog and I follow your blog:O)

    i`m happy if you follow me toooo with bloglovin ;)

    KISS ;*)

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