Lazy, Hazy, Crazy days of Summer

Those days of Summer


by Maureen

♪♪♪♪ Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer ♪♪♪♪
"As Sung by Nat King Cole"

Do you remember summers as a child? It seemed they lasted forever. Now each year as we grow older, those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer roll by faster and faster. If summer was a TV show, when we were young, it would have been a summer replacement series, then it became a mini series, down to a movie of the week, an hour special and now it seems to be merely a ½ hour special. As children, we played all day...from early morning till the streetlights came on. If it rained, there was always a neighbors house to play in...and if their dinner was better then the one your mom made, you stayed even longer! Summer was a break from the pressures of the school year. Now, when we really do have pressures in our lives, there is virtually no summer break.

As a teen and then a college student, summer could never come soon enough nor last long enough! There was so much to do and it seemed like nothing was unattainable then. Vacations, amusement parks, days at the beach (yes there are beaches in Cleveland!) road trips and just hanging out with friends and meeting new friends. Softball games, picnics, ice cream stands, canoing, and camping.

Now I find summers to be no different from spring, fall and winter (except for the heat and humidity!)...go to work, come home, take care of responsibilities and repeat! A little fun thrown in on the weekends...just like the rest of the year!

I miss those
lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of sodas, pretzels and beer
I wish those summer's could be here again


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