Summer is Coming

Finally it happened, the sun came back to us. After an extended vacation, the sun finally came back to save us from our water-logged, wallowing pits of rainy melancholy. Not to mention, save our basement from the streams of rainwater which have threatened to swallow up the entire house. When I got my first glimpse out of our sunny backyard out of the window this morning, it was like a heavy weight immediately evaporated from my chest.

"Finally," I thought to myself, "Now I can ride my bike to work! Oh boy!"
It was one of those perfect bike rides where I managed to grab a flowering stalk off a tree without having to dismount. The roller coaster ride down Main Street is always a bit frightening and exhilarating at the same time - especially because I only have back pedal breaks, eek. Each time I make it down that hill without smashing my head open like a ripe melon, I feel as though I have accomplished something terrific.
Work whizzed by and Suzanne and I took a coconut popsicle/lake/sun break. We were chatting on the swings when she heard a baby cry that she recognized.

"Is that my niece?...is that Paige?"
Turns out that her sister Jenny and her very new, fresh out of the oven baby, the pink and beautiful Paige had just settled down in the park behind us. Suzanne got lots of Paige cuddle time and I got to meet both the cutest baby in the world and her cool sister who I already feel like I know.

Before we knew it, it was time for mojitos and Abbie called me on her cell to tell me so while watching me work through my office window - too weird talking to someone who is far away yet close enough that you can see them and wave. Oh technology, we love thee. We got to marvel at Tanner's super cute new salon do and then off for burgers and fried items and by 9pm we were pooped. But not too pooped to move some of Abbie's furniture through her maze of an apartment which was actually not that painful but maybe that was the liquor talking. Still can't believe she is leaving?! Crapola.
Beers on the stoop with the girls. Love the girls. The bike ride home was refreshing. The second I hit the hard part of the hill going up College Avenue, my legs kicked into overdrive and I had one of those moments of "Wow, I am so strong, I could carry an ox!" but 2 seconds later my legs were aching and I was huffing and puffing like an old ox. Still I made it up the hill without stopping once, granted, there were some moments when a snail would have been faster, but, my bike does weigh about 20 lbs.
The sky is so clear tonight. All the stars are out in full force and I can't wait to be at the campsite star gazing like it's my job. This is one of those perfect nights that makes me long for fireflies and a mason jar. Then I could run around in bare feet and pajamas, catching all the lightening bugs I could find and bringing them home to watch them pulse the whole night long. They were usually dead by morning, despite the airholes I carefully cut in the top of their jar, but it seemed like a fair enough exchange.
After weeks of repetitive rain, it is finally beginning to feel possible that summer might arrive. And the days on end of rain and more rain have turned the foliage a lush, tropical green. Everything feels so vibrant and alive. The sky today was a pastel perfect blue with puffy white clouds and not one single raincloud in sight. The lake was glistening like plastic as though all the gloom and doom had never even been here. Summer is coming, summer is coming, what will I do with my long summer vacation? Oh, that's right, I am no longer a student which means I get no summer vacation. WELL, CRAP. Oh well, summer is coming, summer is coming...


Somethings Coming
West Side Story

Could be
Who knows?
There's something due any day
I will know right away
Soon as it shows
It may come cannonballin' down through the sky
Gleam in its eye
Bright as a rose!
Who knows?
It's only just out of reach
Down the block, on a beach
Under a tree
I got a feeling there's a miracle due
Gonna come true
Coming to me
Could it be?
Yes it could
Something's coming
Something good
If I can wait
Something's coming I don't know what it is
But it is
Gonna be great!
With a click
With a shock
Phone'll jingle
Door'll knock
Open the latch!
Something's coming, don't know when
But it's soon
Catch the moon
One handed catch
Around the corner
Or whistling down the river
Come on - deliver
To me
Will it be? Yes it will
Maybe just by holding still
It'll be there!
Come on, something, come on in
Don't be shy
Meet a guy
Pull up a chair
The air is hummin'
And something great is coming
Who knows
It's only just
Out of reach
Down the block, on a beach
Maybe tonight
Maybe tonight...