Summer days, driftin’ away

Long time, no see!

Kidding, it’s only been five days.

I’ve had a very productive day. My mom would have been proud of me, if only she hadn’t been in China. (Don’t worry, she’s coming back, she’s at some conference.) I did the dishes, I vacuum cleaned the living room, I went shopping. And then I sat outside in the garden, in the sun, and wrote another chapter on one of my stories. And to think I thought today would be terrible!

When I wake up and feel like I don’t want to get up because the day looks depressing, usually the day ends up depressing. Wishful thinking, except it’s not much of a wish. Today, however, I started out with my laptop, slouching on the couch, pretending I was the only person in the world. Until I decided to really do something, get my ass off the couch and make something out of today.

My brother got up at a quarter past two, ate breakfast in what seemed like forever, and then went back up to his room to his bed. He doesn’t seem to mind at all, but I wonder how you can live like that. He’s been doing nothing for the past two years, basically, a small attempt at college snuck in the middle, and he seems to be totally cool with that. Whereas I get annoyed after two weeks of holiday, because the waking-up-late and doing-nothing makes me feel bad about myself.

In one of my earlier posts I mentioned the real summer feeling of being able to do anything. Well, it usually is like that, but waking up late makes me uncreative and slow. Today proved it doesn’t have to be that way. So there’s only one week of summer left, and I’ll be spending it in Switzerland, but that won’t stop me from saying to you (if there actually is anyone reading this): make something out of it. Out of summer, whatever there’s left. I know for some people school’s already started again, but that doesn’t matter. Make something out of your day. It’s possible, you know.

Just needs a little convincing.

Sweet dreams :)

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