Pre-Summer Weekend

"It's a summer weekend," thought I. "Why aren't we immersed in some summer-worthy something?"
 
First of all, it is not officially summer yet. And second, I learned today that you can still channel summer, just a little, with no travel, no beach, and no watermelon. Sometimes summer (well, pre-summer) is just about not following a normal schedule, and on that score, today was the perfect summer day.
 
It all started with a later than 6am wake up. This is not unusual for my kids, but it's positively luxurious for me.
 
Next came a huge urge to go somewhere. But there was nowhere we were required to go. What?! Nowhere required? That sounds like summer!
 
So we took a walk. Just to enjoy a little fresh air and sunshine. (Thank goodness it was "pre-summer air," not summer humidity!). Which led to bags brought home (though just from the library, not from a tag sale or farm). Which was followed by hours of watching library videos (because the school year has wound down enough to have homework-free time). And a return to the gym (made possible by our having no place to go) and a dinner full of leftovers (what's more "summer" than not cooking?).
 
I thought that we were giving up a bit of summer this weekend. Turns out, you can find a bit of summer (even before summer actually starts), without really going anywhere. Even without the corn, and the sunscreen, and the watermelon, summer's about having the time just to enjoy. And that's possible, no matter where you are.