Thoughts on Summer

I suppose I should have written this in, oh... let's say June, but I didn't really have the time... or the perspective.

Considering that today is the first day of my vacation (we are heading south tomorrow), I wanted to share a few things about summer.  At least, MY summer.  Not summer in general, I mean how summer works for me.

I love summer.

I love the warmth.

I love the color.

I love soccergirl's activities (I live vicariously through them).

I am overjoyed by the fact that my child can go to Scout camp, day camp, lots of swimming, doing fun things that she enjoys.  I also love the fact that she gets to do so many things that Mrs GF and I couldn't do as children (me because we were poor, Mrs GF because her mother is a loon).  One of the best things about summer is that my youngest and I get to spend lots of time together, because of my great work schedule.

Anyway, I love summer... even when it is hotter than h*** like it sometimes gets here, in northern Virginia.

The funny thing for me is that I love the end of summer best.  Because the end of summer is when we go on vacation.  We are leaving tomorrow for two and a half weeks.  We start with a trip to St. Simons Island, Georgia for three nights, then a day in St. Augustine, Fl. (we are history geeks, we want to see the Spanish fort), and then two weeks in Orlando.  We are really looking forward to this , even though there won't even be dust mites in my wallet when we get home!

All of the to-do about vacation is great, but the best part, for me, is togetherness.  We get to spend nearly three weeks with just the three of us.  No distractions.  No Blackberry practically melting for my attention, no unexpected late work days.  Just us.

How cool is that?

That is how I like my summer.  Every minute from the day school got out has been prologue to our moment of departure, on Wednesday morning.

We're ready.

See you in September.

When Gunfighter isn't on vacation, he can be found teaching Sunday school, coaching soccer, teaching people better ways to shoot other people, and telling the world how it should be, over at his blog, Gunfighter: A Modern Warrior's Life