Summer Nights

I think one of the main reasons I love summer despite the heat, the humidity--and did I mention the horrible heat and humidity?--is the extra hours of sunlight. We've been enjoying our summer nights a lot the last couple of weeks. After dinner we take Tess to the park and enjoy the breeze. Other nights we turn on music and chase Tess around or try to teach her to jump. We can sit in the living room without turning on the lights.

I feel such freedom to play in the summer. Whereas in the winter, I have the irrational feeling that I must go to bed when the sun sets, and so I feel anxious all evening. I need to learn how to relax with candlelight or something. But for now, I'm just so glad to have all these hours in the day.