last day of june

Well, it may seem like I've let my favorite month slip by unaccounted for, but really it's been chockablock full of gold star things: seeing Charles D'Ambrosio read from a new novel; watching Harry Potter 6 with Henry & Harry Potter 7.1 with my dad; spending 24 crazy hours in Atlantic City with my five best friends for Kate's bachelorette party; visiting the turtles at the zoo with my two year-old cousin & her awesome Annie hair; drinking smoothies with my sister in the shade of a park; getting coffee with a girl I used to babysit, who can now drive herself to meet me...

As much as I love Massachusetts, summer feels more real in NJ. It's hotter. The radio DJs talk about heading down the shore. I don't feel weird about walking around outside in bare feet. Plus, driving these familiar roads with all the windows down, getting ice cream at the shop where I used to work many moons ago--these things can only be experienced here. So while I still can, I'm going to:

-paint my nails an obnoxious color

-read Robinson Crusoe; We, the Drowned; & any other shipwreck book I can get my paws on

-watch The Parent Trap; Now & Then; Dennis the Menace; & The Sandlot

-eat lots of pineapple

-eat lots of ice cream

-drink lots of Diet Coke with lots & lots of ice

-jog in the evenings, with my sister, to our old elementary school & then drive to Zita's, still in our sweaty clothes, to buy ice cream

-slack off from blogging & watching the news & dealing with serious things in general

I'd recommend you do the same.

Get out there & summer, y'all.