Island In The Sun-Weezer

skip rock beach
Originally uploaded by WaveSpire.

After a night like last night...
I need to soak up some sun
and let myself dry out!

It was a wonderful setting for a festival
In a beautiful park on the river
so serene...
the perfect way to start my summer vacation

We had lots of laughs
We talked with the band
and my very favorite bassist
"Johnny Chicago" was in a delghtful mood.

It was fun seeing them outside again
instead of inside in crowded bars during the winter.

Today...I begin my 83 day routine.
(That is if I get a job in the fall!)

Wake...a bit earlier than I wanted, but it will take me a few weeks to get into the "sleep late" thing.

Throw on some shorts and a tank top...
roll downstairs for coffee and cigs...
sit on patio...ahhhhh!

Had to charge myself into getting to the grocery store...which is obnoxiously difficult now that summer is here because I need to stock up the fridge for the teens and their picky tastes. I'd rather throw them $40 a week and let them get fast food instead.

Now...for the rest of the day....
Our neighbors are very close...If you got rid of the men us girls would be like the Ya Ya's. We range in age form 30-60.
Today while the guys do their 5K run in the morning..us gals get our shopping done as quick as we can so that we can lounge around...either at someone's pool, or gazebo, or patio, or just under a tree!
Today...we are gonna put on our suits and FLOAT.

The yards connect, as if we are an island, and when all the kids were little they would run around in the sun, eating freeze pops, and driving us crazy. Now they are hardly around...but still driving us crazy. The guys will trim bushes...and BOND...wash their cars and BOND...and we will just hang out.

Ya Ya's!

My very best neighbor friend is actually in Austin TX this weekend...where I should be with her. But, because of other commitments...I had to bow out.

So...out of this air conditioned comfort I go...
83 days...
shorts and barefeet...
No schedules...
No cares...

Mental Note: DO NOT let the kids drive me crazy.

It is like a Holiday Island around here...
but only when I keep thinking happy thoughts...
not letting my manic mind get in the way...
hmmm...it's only been several hours
but I got things in the back of my mind that are gonna keep me occupied this summer!

"When you’re on a holiday
You can’t find the words to say
All the things that come to you
And I wanna feel it too

When you’re on a golden sea
You don’t need no memory
Just a place to call your own
As we drift into the zone

On an island in the sun
We’ll be playing and having fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can’t control my brain

We’ll run away together
We’ll spend some time forever
We’ll never feel bad anymore"
-Weezer