Today is August 1, 2022 and when I was growing up it would still be summer. It is still summer in Arizona, however, kids are all back in school. This gets us closer to year-round school versus the traditional 9 months school year and 3 month summer of days gone by.
I understand conceptually the push for year-round school and yet am nostalgic about the summers of my youth. I loved summer in our house. I am one of five and we always had swimming, sports, bikes around the block, or games to keep us busy.
I guess when I think of August I think of days gone by and summers of yesteryear. Lazy days of swimming and running around with friends in the neighborhood. It just seems too hot to be back in school.
I hope our kids got to enjoy their summer. I hope they ran free and had fun the way that children should. I really hope they didn’t sit in front of a TV or game console because that just isn’t a summer…it is just another day in a string of days.
Welcome to August in Arizona. The amazing, wonderfully hot August that is the very best between 5:00-6:00am for a nice cool run. I will take the heat over the old any day of the week. I am a true Arizona girl.
Run happy!