Summer

So I often get depressed in the summer.  I know this is strange because most people find the winter depressing.  I think they are crazy.  The winter is way more fun, there's hockey and skiing, and snow, and cold and it's just so darn nice out.  Summer is not my friend.  I don't like heat, I don't like sun, it gets a little much for me.  So, I've started doing things I enjoy and forcing myself to like summer.  I'm almost to the point where I can tolerate it, if it doesn't last too long.  A friend of mine starting writing about things that make her happy here http://everydaytrish.com/ this made me think that I need to work on that, especially in the summer.  This summer is no different so I am trying to focus on what makes summers not so bad. 

Here's what I came up with to start out my looking on the good side of things.

In the summer I can grow my own food.  It's really yummy.  Now before you get all upset because I grow my own food and you don't or can't or whatever, let me give you the disclaimer.  I mostly tell my uncle what I want to grow and he tells me exactly what to do and I do exactly what he says and I get food from my yard.  The work level is not zero, but it's not that hard.  Oddly enough I am actually finding great joy in watching things grow.  We have two grapevines and they are really fun to manage.  I actually have to plan out where they are going to go and wait for them to grow and tie them up and wait and move the ties, it's really relaxing and I have a reason to get out of bed before it gets hot every morning. 

I'm not saying I am enjoying summer, let's not go crazy, but I am enjoying growing food.  That's fun.  So, there's one reason to enjoy summer.  Oh, and all you people who say ice cream and frozen desserts are reasons to like summer, let me just point out that you can eat those all year, and I'd rather have a chocolate chip cookie any day.