Summer Blues

Sigh.

So I'm always totally excited for summer. (Who isn't?) I get thinking about all the free time I'll have, all the wonderful weather, the crazy escapades I'll get up to...etc. The only problem is that I keep setting myself up for disappointment. Summer is never nearly as exciting as I think it is going to be.

I have lots of free time. But I spend it all sleeping in, working, or lazing around the house wishing I had something to do.

The weather is great. But I don't really notice because I spend all my time inside at the computer pretending to have a social life.

Crazy escapades? None to speak of. Well, except for in writing. But all of that's made up anyway, so whatever.

(*HUGE SIGH*)

But as long as I'm still here, at the computer, being bored and depressed, I might as well brighten up YOUR day. I am pretty impressed with your loyalty, for even reading this post. You deserve better. So here you go:

I actually took this picture myself! How about that? This rose bush is currently growing in my next-door neighbors' front yard. I was walking past it on my way home from work; the world was still fragrant from the recent rain which clung to the flora in pristine droplets. I saw these two flowers and they inspired a rather odd train of thought, which leads me to the title I have given the picture: Growing Up. The little bud represents a young girl, still just a kid, who is precious and lovely in her own right, but hasn't realized her full potential. The open rose represents what that little girl can become: full of life, beautiful and confident, bringing joy into the world simply with her presence.

I think that if that little bud can make it through a few more rainstorms and remember to reach for the sun, she'll find herself soon enough.