Do not adjust your monitor! We are now in control. Resistance is futile!
Just kidding. Here’s the deal: The person behind the blog curtain, the one who edits, publishes and puts this fantastic blog together, is none other than our VP of Operations, Annette DeHaven. Annette is on vacation this week–I can’t believe we let her do that—but that means I am in charge, and this blog is mine (at least for a few more days).
Hmm, so how should I do my evil bidding? Run a seven page manifesto on how frustrating the Phillies have been to watch so far this year? Craft another embarrassing love letter to Honest Tea?
No, dear readers, it’s too hot here in Philly (approaching the record of 97 degrees today) for such drama or angst.
Come to think of it, just the thought of the long days of summer melts my evil heart. I know that before long I’ll be writing a blog complaining about the chill of fall, so let’s all join together and make a pact to seize the day. Here’s how:
In the next week, you MUST do at least five of the following:
- Catch a lightning bug.
- Drink water straight from the garden hose.
- Offer a drink from garden hose to a loved one and then splash him/her in the face.
- Play wiffle ball with the kids in your neighborhood (you’re allowed to peg them on their way to first base).
- Take a nap in a hammock (your neighbor won’t mind).
- Go for a long walk some evening and marvel how it’s still light at 8:30pm.
- Perform an embarrassing cannonball, can opener or belly flop at the next pool party you attend.
- Go camping. Sleep in a tent. Enjoy the fresh air and quiet while not complaining about the heat, bugs, lack of shower or appropriate bathroom (if you can do this, please write to me and tell me how).
- Get a big, fat summer novel and knock it out in a few days (I’m going with the last in Stieg Larsson’s amazing Lisbeth Salander trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest).
- Hit the beach, any beach. Stare out at the ocean. Feel calm.
Finally: realize that the languid days of summer are fleeting, and do as much as you can with those you love to get the most out of them.
