Currently. In June.

Alright, let's get this out of the way. I hate summer. I just do. Stop. Don't tell me I'm "doing it wrong". I've experienced summer in 6+ different states at this point and there's no good "summer". I am an absolute downer when it comes to summer and I don't care who knows it. 

I count down to the days getting shorter (12 more days!) because then at least I know time is moving in the right direction and also Labor Day Weekend comes as sweet relief. Memorial Day Weekend seems like an opening ceremony of sorts to a game I don't want to attend. I do often think that September probably has the best weather but it gets such a bad rap because we're all sick of summer weather by then that we don't appreciate it. 

Anyway. 

Enjoying: 

I reread the Shopaholic series every summer. 

It's been my consistency for probably 15 years. 

Wearing: Bouts of negativity and anxiety. Months ago, I mentioned that I woke up with this verse in my head and it just stuck with me. This happens a lot; I'll wake up with a phrase or Bible verse in my head and it'll just be there as a mantra for days. Unfortunately, the week we closed on this house, I knew it was a "get through it situation" and we're still in the throes of getting through it with a LOT (LOT) going on and that particular week I woke up with "embrace the suck" in my head. Because this is the military life and if you don't embrace the annoying, soul-sucking details of it that every civilian takes for granted --constantly keeping track of utility turn-on/off schedules, "where is ______?", trying to pack and move for the 2nd time in 11 months -- you will never get anything done. That stuck in my head for 2 weeks, at least. 

Now, we moved a lot before we had kids. Moving with kids is a WHOLE OTHER LEVEL. Because they're always hungry and always looking to be entertained while you are fighting for your life trying to shove furniture through doorways. 

Watching: Sutton's dance recital. It blows me away how well she did and how much she enjoyed it. There were tears for the first few lessons but there's a strict structure to the studio she attended and it worked out for the benefit of the kids. I fear we will be signing up again in the fall. 

Listening to: Like everyone, I'm on board with that Puerto Rico song. But I've been on an audiobook kick lately. At this moment, I'm listening to Sutton watch some cartoon on my iPad and Wells watch Minecraft-gameplay on the TV.

Again, this is a fighting for your life situation, being in military transitions with kids along. 

Buying: I got Scott this for Father's Day. Because I'm doing a lot of stuff around here but I refuse to cut grass and he spends most of his summers hopping from property to property maintaining the grass. 

And now Hodge Podge, just for fun:

What is something you find extremely difficult?

Putting away clean laundry. Keeping plants alive. 

{some quote from Fitzgerald}...how does summer make you feel?

See the introduction to this post. (Fitzgerald was a real piece of work by the way)

Pickles?

I like dill pickles on hamburgers. I like sweet pickles on barbecue sandwiches. 

June weddings?

Nope. We got married in September. Teachers do usually clamor to get married in June, but it wasn't an option for us. Military couples get married within the one or two week time frame that suits their schedules. I actually feel like I've blacked out about a lot of things in recent years but the last wedding we went to was at the end of July. 

Say something nice.

....I appreciate those, like Amy, who blog regularly and inspire me to keep going in this season of life. I think my problem is that I try to act and think like someone who hasn't lived in 10 houses and 6+ states in 16 years.