Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. It's officially summer (in the northern hemisphere anyway). Which summer month is best and why?


There's a few things I love about every month of it.  But I'll say August, not just because it celebrates a bunch of family birthdays, but also because I think the kids do better at enjoying the time that's left before school starts again.

2. Can you swim? How did you learn? June 27th is National Sunglasses Day. How many pair do you own?

Not very well.  I can keep myself above the water and I can get from one end of a pool to another but that's about it.  I won't win any races or anything.

I have one pair of sunglasses.  I had to replace my last pair because I slipped and fell when we were in Cancún, and long story short, the dolphins took my previous pair.
3. What characteristic do you judge most harshly in yourself? How about in others?

I'm very impatient.  I like my results immediate and I get discouraged if they aren't (and they almost never are).  In others...being rude to store employees.

4. Robert Frost wrote the now well known poem entitled The Road Not Taken. What's a road (literal or figurative) you've always wanted to travel, and where do you hope it takes you? 

Excellent question.  There's a lot of places I'd like to see, most of them in Europe, but I'm reluctant to get my hopes up too much.

5. Popsicles-yay or nay? If you answered yay, what's your favorite flavor? 

Yay! Strawberry please.

6. Brexit-on a scale of 1-10 how knowledgeable are you on what's involved here? (1=very knowledgeable and 10=what's Brexit) Is this news you'll follow or is it something you think won't impact your life in any way shape or form?

...eh, probably an 8.  I know it happened, and that most people aren't pleased.  I'm pretty sure it'll impact us all somehow, but I also think that things will eventually resolve themselves.

7. Share a favorite song on your summer play list.

I don't really have a summer playlist, as such.  But I kicked off my summer by attending our church's Annual Conference, and I think this song kind of sums things up nicely:

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

Well, this year has been an adventure for our little family.  I would like to sleep through the second half of 2016.  Since I realize that would be ridiculous, I'll continue taking things five minutes at a time.