Attended a seminar on Pumping Stations today. So interesting and so very boring all at once, you know how it is.

The very disturbing symptom I've been having these past few days is a most intense, out-of-control coughing fit.
I know one of them is coming on when I feel a crazy itch in my throat: Suddenly I'm hacking so hard I can't even inhale, and i'm all hunched over and tearing up and slobbering, with my face completely red.

it's a lot like dr. jekyll / mr. hyde actually. i totally identify with that character now.
I felt mr. hyde coming out in the middle of the seminar and panicked cuz i foolishly sat far away from the door. I coughed my way out of the auditorium but barely made it to the ladies' room before the really scary part came... whew.

Summer.
* school's out! :) j/k.
...i keep forgetting it's summer break for the kids, they've been running amuck in our neighborhood.
* being outdoors. goodbye S.A.D., hello sun.
i think i may be cold blooded-- you know how ants get really hyper when they're hot, and how all that those monster iguanas on Galapagos do is sun themselves all day
yeah.
* tans. cuz you know. one gets tired of hearing pale jokes after like 8 months.
* BEACH TRIP! ~ growing up, summer wasn't summer without our annual beach trip. I still crave the salty air, hot sand & cool waves when temps warm up. And I miss boogey boarding.
* popsicles and BBQs and lemonade. and every holiday that involves an outdoor picnic :)

// dudes i'm roasting in here. = ;(
unlike the fro, hot sticky air & sticky skin are DEFINITELY not on my good things list.

i am so sleepy...