things that remind me of summer (seeing as how it refuses to show up)

• birds singing unreasonably loud
• windchimes
• homemade ice pops
• hot, sticky car rides listening to harry potter
• walks in the evening where the sun filters through the trees and leaves patterns on the pavement
• smoothies on the deck
• red by taylor swift
• evenings in the modern studio where you come out and everything is quiet and still and peaceful
• this song called shower that was my only jam for like three months
• also this one
• and pretty much any owl city song
• the smell of pools
• kombucha
• the smell of paint
• trips to dairy queen and overfilled blizzards
• hot cocoa early in the morning
• reading on the beach
• sunburns just everywhere
• loud vbs music
• blueberries and disney music
• "tombe pas de bourree glissade saut de chat" yelled from the front of the studio
• carrying cameras everywhere
• fresh juice
• training wheels on bikes
• early morning swim lessons
• sleepovers on weekdays
• sleepovers on weekends
• who needs sleep, seriously
• les mis at midnight
• chinese food at 10pm
• overhearing awkward conversations in bathhouses
• kickball
• homemade ice cream
• bonfires
• card games and musicals
• "okaytenminutethankyoubye"
• nancy drew
• blueberry cobbler and breaking ceiling fans
• sandcastles
• level placements
• baking cupcakes
• bike rides
• the smell of grass
• strawberry picking
• watching youtube whenever wifi was available
• the olympics
• hall of fame