July is a sucker punch

July is the most awkward month.

You go through all of June jumping on every hot day, bemoaning the inevitable cloudy grey weeks, waiting for summer to just show up already.

And then July comes on to save the day, complete with a big party and fireworks. And there it is, summer in all its flip flop and beachy glory. For a little while you feel like summer will last forever. No hurry, just lazy summer days.

Until the last week of July when just as suddenly as July came, you realize that August is almost here. Which means school is almost here. Which means oh crap, summer is almost over and why oh why did I waste it? So much to do, so much I should have done. How could it have gone so soon? Sure, its been summer since June. And it will be summer for over another month. But it never feels quite like that. Sure, there may still be a good month or so of Summer left, but once you realize that the end is coming, its hard to really be in summer. July just lulls you into summer, and than jolts you straight out.