it's summertime, and the living is easy

I hereby declare today officially the first day of summer.

Why?

Because I was able to drive around all day today, getting shit done, with the top down on my car. Man, was that nice.

They were playing a Bob Marley marathon on some classic rock radio station that I stumbled on. I took surface streets to all my destinations. The wind in my hair, a thumping tribal beat in my ears, and a world awaking from the chill of winter for my eyes. Girls wearing next to nothing, mailmen walking their route with a panama hat, saying hello to the half-deaf old women watering their lawns.

It's about goddamn time.

Granted, I still hate the sun, and all of you morning people, and all of you Californians who don't understand the beauty of a nice big warm thunderstorm that shakes your bones. But still, it's nice every once in a while.