July got off to a fantastic start. As soon as the calendar announced the seventh month, hot and humid beach weather descended on New England. The timing was perfect. It was exactly the weather we wanted for vacation and for celebrating the the Fourth of July on a boat on Lake Champlain. It was a great week to start off summer.
Everything was going great with July of course, until I had to go back to work.
Sporting a fine summer tan, I stood in our kitchen, in the golden light of morning, ready to leave for the office. It was a Monday and I really didn’t want to go back to work. Summer didn’t last that long and I it was tough to go back to the real world after a relaxing week off. Couldn’t I make summer vacation last a little longer?
Then I remembered the mint chocolate chip ice cream in the fridge. Nothing says vacation like ice cream for breakfast! So I polished off the last pint of ice cream in the fridge in protest of being responsible and going back to work. And in celebration of summer!
I still wished July lasted forever, but the ice cream for breakfast made me feel better about everything!
copyright 2019 Christopher Donahue