What I will miss most about summer

I love summer, I love everything about it and right about now I am feeling a little boo-hooey.  The mornings are cooler, the nights are getting darker sooner and the leaves are starting to fall.

Here are the top 20 things (it did start as 10) that I will miss about summer:

20. Floating in the pool.

19. My tan.  Even though for most of the summer it was in the shape of my sports bra and running shorts.

18. Being able to see the Lake when I am teaching on Monday evenings.

17. Berries, berries and more berries, and being able to pick them from your own garden.

16. Running skirts.  They are too cute to only be worn six months of the year.

15. Big Brother.  Sorry I’m not sorry.

14. Naptime outside.

13. Flowers.  There is nothing like the smell of honeysuckle to get me through a road run.

12. Leaves on the trees.  Life in the country gets pretty bare in the winter.

11. Lack of routine and schedule.  I am not the planner that I used to be, really.  I love seeing where the day takes me; sometimes it may not be anywhere.

10. Driving with the windows down and the music loud (the music is still loud in the winter but the windows are closed).

9. Flip flops.  I could still wear them, but they aren’t conducive to those who spend hours on end in a hockey rink.

8. The golf course isn’t always open, which adds an additional 7 minutes to my commute to the lake.

7. Having a clean car inside and out.  Trail running is not a clean sport.

6. My body doesn’t hurt quite as much.  I don’t care what Dr. L says.

5. Adventure Thursdays.

4. The patio, any patio.

3. Impromptu happy hours.  They never need a reason in the summer.

2. Finishing our morning trail runs with a swim in Hayward Lake.

1. My summer partner in crime.  Most parents are excited about their kids going back to school, me not so much.