Jam-Packed with Adventuring

::Phew::

This summer is flying by at breakneck speed. Seems that lately, I can’t even catch my breath.

It’s already mid-July. The weather has been scorching – a testament to the season. But time hasn’t had that sun-wilted, lazy pace I remember from my youth. There haven’t been quiet afternoon naps in the sunshine, or lazy days lounging on the beach. There have been no carefree days to do as I pleased – to wander with my camera, and get lost in the images I captured in the lens, or sleep until I finally felt rested.

It seems that summer is no longer the season-long vacation I lived for every year. Summer is work. And a lot of it.

Now, that’s not to say there haven’t been adventures. There are always adventures. Last week there were bar outings, a day on the boat in the sunshine, a road trip/rescue mission to New York City, and a lawn chair movie night -- all while enjoying the company of my awesome roommate, Suzanne :) This week there has been Army meetings (which needs its own post, as it's complicated as hell, so I'll get to that soon), and fishing, and shopping excursions, and there will be more bar outings. And mixed in to it all has been work, and when I can, the gym. But admittedly I've been slacking on that front. With a schedule as jam-packed as mine has been, something had to give.

I love summer -- I love everything about it. The smell, the feel, the pace -- even the hurried one that it's become as I've gotten older. Perhaps that's why I find it so necessary to cram as much as humanly possible into every single minute. Or, perhaps I just don't want to miss anything :)

Life is crazy -- and I love it.

But that's not to say I'm not looking forward to my long weekend coming up that has shockingly little planned for it...