Summer Supremes

It is June 18th now, I've been out of school for a whole week (summer goes faster than you think it will) and I am fulfilling my vision of what I thought my summer would be like: sitting in pajamas  in front of the computer, eating cereal, writing, and making plans to do stuff (unlike last summer, I plan to actually leave the house once in a while this year).
This is definitely not my favorite part of summer, but, you know, it's familiar. And summery, I suppose, because what other time of year do I really get to do this?
So, I am making a list of my favorite things-summery things. Think of it like the song, only there is a definite absence of schnitzel with noodles.

• Going to bed late, and not having to wake up early. (That's groovy, because I reap the benefits with none of the consequences, unlike during the school year, when I can stay up as late as I want but end up having to get up at six-thirty anyway.)
• Being able to walk everywhere, because it's WARM
• The feeling of air conditioning on skin after coming in from outside
• Warm concrete
• Swimming
• The smell of sunscreen
• Freshly mowed lawns
• Ice pops
• White sundresses
• Getting my hair cut shorter for the summer
• Music releases (they all seem to happen in the summer, I think, or am I crazy?)
• Rereading Harry Potter, like I do every year
• (This summer, anyway) The last Harry Potter film
• Eating unreasonable things for lunch (like cereal...) because no one is around to tell me otherwise
• Spending time with one of my friends before she ships herself off to boarding school next year
• Lemonade
• Lemon-scented items
• Lying down in the grass and looking up at the sky
• Recycling all of last year's school papers (Except Trig. Trig goes in the blooming shredder. And is then set on fire. And then I dance around the ashes, making up a chant and then singing it backwards.) (Not really. But God, I hate Trig.)
• So. Much. Time. To. Do. Things.
• Not seeing those annoying classmates of mine whom I would prefer not to see
• Reading those books and seeing those movies you promised you'd watch over the summer (I've already read The Great Gatsby [before John put it as the Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club Book! How's that for psychic ability?] and seen Cool Hand Luke.)
• Baking food. Like brownies or bread.
• The smell of talcum powder
• Water gun fights
• Making lists on this increasingly pointless blog I keep

Also, I am going on vacation soon! To Orlando! (Actually, basically to the South of the U.S., but ORLANDO is my main focus. Unbridled commercialism, here I come!)

Quote for Saturday, June 18, 2011:

It is foolish to tear one's hair in in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

-Cicero

Muse for Today:

I don't know if you know about this already, but oh my God, this is whipping me into a frenzy. If you don't like Harry Potter, you are free to skip this link. WHAT IS JO PLANNING? But it is so groovy--SOMETHING IS HAPPENING.

http://www.pottermore.com

Click on one of the owls.