I Hate Summer Mondays.
Top Ten Monday is back! And yes, I’m in a bad mood (keep reading). So my top ten this week are the top ten reasons that I hate summer:
1. The heat.
2. The humidity.
3. School’s out. This means the horrible children on my block (the ones that I refer to as Appalachia) have nothing better to do than get into trouble.
4. Shore traffic. For those of you who don’t live in the northeast US, this is a phenomenon wherein everyone leaves the City on a Friday afternoon and heads back on Sunday afternoon - using the same roads. The traffic is crazy. And I say this as someone who grew up on the coast of NC.
5. Airfares are up. That’s why I’m here and Chris is in Germany.
6. Contractors are on vacation. It’s impossible to get a contractor in the City to return your call at the best of times… in summer, it’s impossible. I have about 5 calls out - I got one back.
7. The sun stays up far too long. When I was a kid, I loved this. As a parent, I hate it. It’s impossible to get the girls in bed at a decent time. They’re sure it’s still daytime outside.
8. Summer TV stinks. I miss the Amazing Race.
9. No good holidays. Yeah, call me unpatriotic all you want, but July 4th is about the most overblown and unsatisfying of all of the holidays. I can eat BBQ and corn any day - I don’t need a special day to have a picnic. And I’d rather not have to deal with the drunks. And not have to worry about horrible children setting off illegal fireworks for weeks on end.
10. No good sports. I used to love baseball but most of the players annoy me anymore (except for Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley). No football? No college basketball? I’ll even take hockey.
Sigh. Only 88 days until fall.
June 25th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
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