The long days of Summer

Dear Jim: The long days of summer.

All winter long people were screaming about how great it would be when summer comes.

Since I live indoors, winter has never bothered me. In fact since there is nothing to do except watch Netflix by the hour and maybe read a book and catch a snooze in front of the fireplace I find I enjoy a perfectly relaxed life from November to May.

So here I find myself hopping from foot to foot as I deal with the guilt and stress of not maximizing every bloody hour of every half decent day.

The Sun might be coming out.

Have to play golf. I’ll try and book for a time that has rain forecasted so it might get cancelled. Or we can quit if it starts to rain.

Get the bikes ready. Now I have to go on a bike ride. Pick a time with no traffic….say 5.30 am. Oh goody goody. Have to do it. Been waiting all winter for this.

There are dandelions in the front lawn..get the speedy weedy and start working.

 And what about the grass in the Pavi-Unis and while you are at it we need a new hose and go Canadian Tire and get all these tools and stuff you can’t even pronounce for home maintenance. The clerks are getting very familiar. (One asked me out for dinner).

All those flowers need water. EVERY day and sometimes twice a day. Shouldn’t take more that 45 minutes to handle and don’t forget to roll up the two 100 foot hoses when you are done. And hurry up because we have to rip them all out in a couple of months and we need to enjoy every minute.

Who are all those people. Spraying for spiders, then a new team for wasps and then another group for grubs lets get that fertilizer spread quickly and then the window washer and lets not forget the army of gardeners’. Do they have to be here every day…who knew?

And get the umbrellas up and get them down the wind is increasing. And bring those 29 cushions in the house. It’s going to rain. Now get them out the deck looks terrible.

Sweep the garage and power hose everything in sight. Keep going…you won’t be deaf from the noise of that machine.

You aren’t using the pool often enough! Get the temperature up to 85 degrees F and I will consider it. I don’t like being wet. You have to swim. It’s good for you.

Can I watch TV now? Nope the sun is still out. Go for a walk. I don’t like walking. Do I have to log 3 or 4 miles every day? .

Stop sitting around and get outside. Its lovely.

And on it goes. My instruction buffers are overflowing.

I have to say that between the guilt of not doing everything available in the summer and the stress of taking a brief break to do nothing, summer sucks!

Lets hope for snow in November.

Bill Meder

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