Never Ending Summer

Our summer keeps drifting along. I think we’ve had several straight days of 80+ degree temperatures – we haven’t had a streak like this in Minnesota during the month of October for over 50 years!

I’m not complaining, but we could use a couple days of good soaking rain. We haven’t had any rain for a long time. It’s very dry.

I’m out of sync. I want to have the heat on, wear flannel PJs, and snuggle under flannel sheets. Instead I’m wearing shorts and flip flops, working up a sweat while walking in the sun, and crave lemonade rather than apple cider.

Joe and I are perpetually grilling. I want to make soups and chili and bread, not grill burgers, brats, and chicken.

Susan and I took Ashlin and his friend, Joe, to the apple orchard yesterday. Quincy didn’t want to come along. He wanted to hang out with his friend instead (Joe’s brother, Will – nice that brothers are best friends with brothers).

I’ve been taking Quincy to the apple orchard since he was one and a half years old. Ray and I kept him strapped in the stroller the first time, because we didn’t want him to tear down the store! Oh, he was such a naughty baby! And now, just in a blink of an eye, he’s 12 years old and wants to hang out with his friends instead of coming with his old grandma to the apple orchard.

Well, I knew it was coming, but it’s sad when it does come.

I ordered the iPhone 4S on Friday and I should have it by the 14th! I can’t wait! I have a BlackBerry, which I do like, but I’ve wanted an iPhone forever.

Joe and I, guess what? We grilled last night.

I went to workout this morning and forgot my iPod. I managed to workout without music, but it’s hard. I really depend on a song’s rhythm to move myself faster.

I bought new cookware on Friday and Joe was the one who broke the pans in. He cooked breakfast for us this morning. Even though it’s October, it’s nice to have the windows open with a summer-like breeze wafting through the kitchen, although we should be shivering in our bathrobes and trying to warm up drinking multiple cups of coffee. Out of sync.

I went to the cemetery this afternoon.

Then I mowed the first round of leaves. We have lots of leaves left on the trees, but I’ll gradually mulch them until the very end, like early November, when I’ll do a final raking and haul them to the compost.

I’m watering the front and back yards. I can hear the trees, grass, plants, and bushes saying, “Thank you.”

Asher and I are going to have dinner (at a restaurant!) by ourselves tonight. Cool.

Our endless summer is supposed to end later this week. Then I’ll be back in sync.