Summerness...

So, I've been thinking a lot about summer here lately. Technically its as close as two days away. Come 12:15 Monday, officially.

I remember as a little kid summer revolved around the swimming pool & reading week at the library. I remember the spring that we got our swimming pool and several years later when the deck got built.

I remember early mornings with the grandparents and running around the neighborhood, every Wednesday riding my bike to the Supermarket for a free local newspaper. Days of playing and having few cares, unless you count sitting by my grandparent's phone everyday at noon, waiting just in case they called us from dialing for dollars :).

As I grew up, I remember going to summer day camp. Waiting ALL summer long doing "chores" at my house to earn money for the most AMAZING Super Soaker watergun my precious money could buy, just to take it at the end of summer water game day. Such was the life of a meer little kid. On a side note of camp, I remember when my brother hit the kid with the hockey puck and gave him stitches in his eye....it was a PURE accident.

As the years went on I began to get more serious with my pig showing and started traveling with my pigs to several shows throughout the summer. I also started working more with my mom and helping out at her work.

Once junior high hit, summer band practice and baskeball workouts took up more and more of my time. The joys of playing the tuba. All of this along with showing as well as being involved with an organization that had a lot goin' on during the summer. Everything from conferences to competitions.

The past few years my life has been filled with non-stop on the go summerness. I love being on the go. Summer is amazing because I can take time when I need it, ya know. Once again, I'm working at an internship that is amazingly wonderful. Its stressful at times, but it will be great. I do have to admit I'm ready to have a summer off though. Next year, maybe.

J