sunny summer days

So I wrote this up on my computer last Thursday, June 23rd. Then forgot to upload it... So a little late but none the less,

Another sunny day where I am at, it's wonderful. I am actually writing this on my back deck, it's too nice of a day to spend cooped up inside. It is truly feeling like summer, I know that it's supposed to rain all weekend but right now, sitting outside, feeling the cool breeze while the sun beats down on me, blue skies all around, this is summer. I don't have anything to do today so I plan on soaking up as much vitamin D as possible.

Yesterday I went to the lake twice and I had an absolute blast. Yesterday was another one of those gorgeous sunny days so my friend and I heading out to the lake around noon to just lay around and maybe go for a swim. Now let my first declare one thing, I am very diligent with my sunscreen application, I use SPF 45 and make sure to re-apply numerous times throughout the day. Believe it or not it is possible to get a tan with sunscreen on, shocker! But you will not get burned, which lowers you risk of cancer. One thing I am terrified of is getting melenoma or something, especially when it is so preventable.

So while I love to lay out in the sun I always apply loads of sunscreen, as was the case yesterday. Except one minor detail, my back. Your back is kind of a hard place to reach by yourself so my plan was to get my friend Jordan to apply it for me, only as soon as I got to the lake it completely slipped my mind! Such a stupid move...my back was as red as a lobster yesterday! Now 24 hours later it still hurts...and we never even got to go for a swim. The clouds came over and made it chilly so there was no way I was going to freeze my butt off trying to get dry afterwards.

After having supper with my friend and just laying around she decided to go home and then my parents called me up wanting to know if I felt like going to the lake for a drive. Even though I had already been there today, and been burned, I decided why not, put on a sweater grabbed dinky little Kodak camera and headed out. The lake is absolutely beautiful in the evening, all the swimmers have long since gone home so the water is calm as can be, all the colours of the sky are reflected into the water making it a breathtaking site.

While my parents stayed around the truck sipping their coffees I ran out with my camera and started snapping pictures of all the nature. I found this little waterfall near the lake and took pictures messing around with the colouring then I went over to a picnic table and tried to capture the essence on the lake. With the trees surronding the still water, the sun in the background. One thing I always get frustrated with is that it is so hard to capture the true beauty of something in a camera lense.

Thankfully now my sunburn is not sore! Yay...only took four days, that's what you get for stupidity. Well after a long weekend of fog and rain it is nice and sunny again so I am off to cook a yummy summer supper with a nice salad. Maybe another post later tonight.

happy summer

Today while browsing across blogs I realized how much I miss my own. I miss having this place to just rant or rave about random things. I miss writing most of all. I have now been on summer vacation for six days and I couldn't be happier. I feel as if this giant weight has just been lifted. I cannot put into words they way I felt when I came home from my last exam and just sat down. I stared at my bookbag and I knew that I didn't have to do any work that night. I knew I didn't have to get up the next morning and face another day of school.

This school year has been an incredible one. I have faced so many firsts. I have lost friends and realized who is important to me. I have been through sad times and joyful times. I have lived away from home. I made a life long friend. Looking back on this year...it's unbelievable to think that it all happened within a ten month time frame. All the memories, it's...crazy.

Coming back to school here was, to say the least, hectic. There were times that I just sat down and cried. I didn't know how to do it. How to get all my work done and get the marks I wanted. There were times where I cursed my exchange and wished I never did it because I couldn't see a way for me to end the year on a good note for me. I am an honour student...thinking of a 70% makes me want to curl into a ball and not move for a month. However, now it's over and I wouldn't change a damn thing. I did what I could do. It is impossible to do 3 months of work in 1 month and eventually I came to realize that. I have two more years of high school left, I cannot stress out over one semester in my grade ten year that didn't even include credit courses.

It's over now, I get my marks this Friday and we will see that, I still cringe thinking of the 70's but I am calm enough now to take it in stride and kick ass next year.

For now, it's summer. The time for relaxing with friends and sleeping in when you can, not stressing out over school.