So Saturday I woke up and from the first peek of sunshine between the blinds, I knew I had to get back out there, this time with the preparation to really enjoy it.
I hope I'm not the only one who feels the need to bring a giant bag, full of everything I could ever possibly need everywhere I go. In this case, I was literally just going the other end of my block. I could have walked back home, grabbed whatever I need, and walk back in under 5 minutes. I still felt the need to completely stuff my giant bag full of any and everything I could possibly need, and then some. I felt particularly silly grabbing a Costco sized bag of pita chips and some hummus.
I felt less silly as my afternoon played out. Just me lounging in the sun, casually munching on pita chips and being drawn into a good book. I'm not sure how to not sound cheesy, but it was almost healing. I spend so much of my time inside. Really, aside from waiting for the bus and walks to the grocery store, I spend all of my time inside. i know that sitting a block away on some apartments grass, with all the comforts of home totted along with me is hardly the great outdoors as most people mean it, but there was something almost magical about that sun, that breeze, that sky. Aside from the occasional very obvious constriction worker oggle, it was just perfect. And even then, so long as no one is shouting obscenities, I'm counting it good.
I may have stayed out in the perfection a little to long, part enjoyment, and part I tend to forget that as an indoor bound adult I don't soak up the sun with quite the ease I'm used to.I may smell like aloe vera and normal clothes kind of hurt, but it was well worth it. After all, we all need a little sunshine sometimes.
I'm planning on doing nothing in July other than lying next to my parents' pool with a book.... unless I get a job with my brother.
ReplyDeleteOh, do I ever need the sunshine!! The scary back tan that's going on really needs to be rectified before the wedding dress thing!
ReplyDeleteSounds wonderful! Joey and I went swimming on Friday for the first time in over a year and it was nice. Sun is here!
ReplyDeleteI am a pale, pale person and consequently, it doesn't take much sun to send me from pale to red. I burn ridiculously easily. And my scalp burns right through my hair! What's up with that?
ReplyDeleteJust the same, I love the sunshine. The weather has been great lately. I love early summer, before the serious heat sets in.
We've finally had some sun here too. It makes me so happy.
ReplyDeleteI feel you on the stuck-inside-all-the-time thing. Especially since I work from home. I don't even have to walk down the driveway to get the mail because the mailbox is mounted next to the front door. So my average time outside per day is probably 15 seconds - and I'm not even completely outside. Very sad, indeed.
ReplyDeleteI wish it wasn't so humid here so that I could properly enjoy the summer.