Summer Lovin'

some summer thoughts 

june was not too hot here. it was so lovely. but july is OPPRESIVELY HOT HERE AND I KIND OF AM DYING. SEND HELP.

sam and i got an ice cream maker for our wedding and it has been so fun to have people over to make ice cream and try different flavors. the only sad thing is that now i have eaten so much ice cream that i sometimes get sick while eating it. i can’t eat sweets like i did when i was 19. which, objectively, is probably a good thing, i gueeessss, but it's a crying shame, really. also, feeling sick doesn’t really stop me. that simple chocolate ice cream is just so good.

in addition to ice cream, i want popsicles all the time.

another reason june was beautiful was because of fireflies! they are everywhere here and i loved going out and catching them. or getting back home late after grocery shopping or something and then dashing off to catch them. sam thinks i'm a little strange. but i still do it. 

i caved in a bought a jumpsuit. i never thought i would. but something about being on the east coast has made me crave one the way i crave cherry limeade or snoasis sno-cones (the best sno-cones IN THE WORLD), on hot summer days—sometimes it is the only thing that will hit the spot. and. it surprisingly has! i love my jumpsuit and i want to wear it all the time.

walks by the canal with sam are lovely. 

just being with sam is lovely. 

i'm taking a "french for reading" course this summer. it's going all right. but i feel now that the shaky foundation i formed at the beginning/middle of the course is coming back to haunt me. ah well. at least it's a start in learning this language. c'est la vie.

there is something very freeing about summertime--it's just nice knowing that i don't have the same work obligations that i do in the fall. perhaps it's a false sense of security . . . but we all need breaks. i'm grateful for mine.