Summer means two things to me: the pool and the beach. Nothing is more important come Memorial Day (besides the actual meaning of the day itself) then the opening of the pool and the beginning in my mind of the ever glorious summer vacation.

Some mothers will openly admit to hating summer because their kids are home and quite frankly though I am all for honesty that’s not really something you should vocalize moms. It sounds REALLY bad. For the most part I love summer with my kids but I am also lucky enough to have a pool membership, a loving extended family who usually pays for all or part of my yearly vacation, and two children that are giddy all summer so happy are they to be school free.

Yes, summer can be trying when the kids are all of the sudden thrust upon you twenty-four seven but keep positive.

Positive point number one: No more snooze button; over and over and over like a bad rendition of that movie Groundhogs Day I hear alarm pause alarm pause alarm pause coming from my teenager’s room.

Positive point number two: No more scrounging together change for lunches or searching for that old fruit roll-up that’s so smashed in the back of the drawer it’s sort of a fruit rolled-up into a ball now.

Positive point number three: No more after school classes unless you were stupid enough to sign your five year old up for swim team and all of the sudden I’m struggling to get to four practices a week although he does some pretty mean strokes in the bathtub and I’m thinking of asking the coach if that counts for at least one of the practices.

Positive point number four:
Vacation. Yes, vacation can be hellish and more often then not parents on the beach look harried, hot, sunburned and grimy as they shell out fifty bucks for a hot dog and chips lunch for the fam but at least they got it all on film right?

Positive point number five: Though it is NOT proper etiquette to say you are not looking forward to summer at the beginning of your summer holidays it IS proper etiquette to look forward to the first day of school which due to changing school schedules comes approximately eighty four days after the last day of school in June……… but who’s counting.

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