Summer: An Evolution

June
I love my little ones. If their hugs could be bottled.
I will sit in silence at sunset.
To do: Learn a few common phrases in Chinese.
To see: Shooting stars in the backyard.
To buy: Citronella candles.
Showing off pedicured toes, sherbert pink.
#summershaghaircut
July
The kids are somewhere. Maybe the front? Down the street?
I sit in AC at a Carraba’s.
To do: Read (Graphic novels definitely count).
To see: The Incredibles, the sequel, for the second time.
To buy: Insect repellant, 99.7 percent natural is fine.
Sporting not-terrible Birkenstocks, circa 2003.
#messyhairdontcare
August
The children have alienated me. Is this how they will remember family?
I sat, many times, in line, at Taco Bell. No need to say, “Dorito flavor, please.”
To do: Conceal hours spent on TMZ while paying kids $1-a-day to read.
To see: A future with time to learn Chinese.
To buy: DEET.
Wearing Crocs, proudly, not only to the beach.
#unplanneddreadlock
September
Sigh.
Note: Only partially true.