little things 4

Oh man. After laying down some serious teen angst on you guys in my last post, you deserve something happy and fun. So here are a few things that make me feel happy and fun:

1. Foreign accents. I know this topic has received a lot of love--my friend owns at least two "I love boys with British accents" T-shirts, which I think somewhat discriminates against all the other lovely accents and boys-who-have-them*--but it deserves all the attention it gets. Really. What could possibly be better than getting to listen to a voice that sounds so different, so unique that it's like music?**

2. Summer rain. We're getting to the end of July and we've had maybe three beautiful sunny days where I live. The rest? Cloudy. Grey. Rain. And I love it! It's warm enough to be pleasant, but cool and wet enough to mean you can close your eyes and pretend it's Autumn. Sigh. I miss the fall!

3. No school. Whoever came up with "Summer vacation"*** is a genius. Who's probably dead. Still a genius! Despite the fact that I'm working a lot, I wouldn't trade it for school. I love studying, I love learning, I just don't love the early mornings or piles of homework. I think I could get used to this "summer" thing.

There's more. There's always more. And that is excellent.

*Because come on: boys with French accents, Australian accents, Afrikaans accents, Scottish, Irish, Italian, German, Spanish, and all the other ones I'm leaving out! = too good to choose.

**This, of course, hinges on the fact that you can actually understand what they're saying!

***Probably a farmer, considering this is the time of year we're supposed to be harvesting our fields and killing our livestock and what not. I'll, uh, get right on that... We do have a lovely herb garden!