Summer • Sunrises • Swimsuits • Sundresses & Sunsets

My Summer has consisted of sunrises, swimsuits, sundresses & sunsets. Not a bad way to spend a summer if I do say so myself. My contract through the trade school of which I work is 199 days a year. I am blessed to have the same days off as the students – all holidays, snow days, flood days, etc. With that being said, I get my summers off which allows me plenty of sunrises and sunsets enjoying the benefits of the sun in between.

This summer has been a hot one keeping my pool nice and warm. Some enjoy cool pool water where I find it absolutely perfection of a temperature between 88 and 92 degrees. It’s strange how you can be sweltering and the pool be 92 but it feels so cool on your body. I have lived in swimsuits and sundresses. The sun has kissed my face and shoulders to a perfect tan color. Having a great great grandmother who was full blooded Blackfoot Indian doesn’t hurt granting me the perfect cheekbones and the ability to tan easily even though I am blonde hair and blue eyed.

I told my GW the other day that I have saved him a lot of money this summer not needing to use foundation at all this summer and very little hairspray with having my hair pulled up neatly on top of my head. He doesn’t mind what I spend or how much I use of anything. Though I think it’s funny just how little I have used this summer swapping them for sunscreen and chlorine.

My staycation has been the perfect vacation. Over coffee and conversation this morning with my GW, I asked him if he wanted to squeeze in a beach trip before I head back to school for the year. He said not at all that porch sitting watching the sun come up with coffee and conversations ending the day with cocktails and conversations has been more than sufficient for him. I must agree.

I’ve read two books this summer (Hotel Nantucket & Same Time Next Summer) while floating in the pool and/or while sitting on the porch. The naps I’ve taken on the front porch are more times I can count. The breeze gently swirling around me lulling me to sleep. The peaceful sounds of the country are perfection. I haven’t known what day of the week it has been nor the date.

COFFEE • COCKTAILS & CONVERSATIONS on The One Four One

I had intended to do more writing, more cleaning out of my closet and home office. I have done very little of any of it. It isn’t because I am lazy. I am content. Sometimes that is all a person needs to feel complete is contentment. Humanly, I have felt a bit guilty at times and maybe the feeling of selfishness but I believe it is ok to be selfish sometimes when it comes to healing yourself by taking a step back and doing what you want to do and not what you have to do. It is as if I rush, rush, rush all year long giving me contentment this summer of enjoying the sunrises and sunsets while living in swimsuits and sundresses enjoying coffee and cocktails with my GW living our best lives here on The One Four One.