how to enjoy summer

I don’t know. Honestly, I think I have all of the other seasons figured out. But I can’t crack summer.

In the fall I have hunting, cooler weather, wool clothes, apple orchards, football, pumpkins, Halloween and more hunting, all the hunting.

Winter has Christmas, snowshoe hare hunting, cold weather, cold weather clothing, more football, and skiing.

Spring has more snowshoe hare hunting, shed hunting, pre-scouting for next fall’s deer hunting, warmer weather, but not too warm so wool clothes are still an option, and lots of rain.

What does summer have? In my state it’s moist and hot. I don’t like beaches. I am taking a break from fishing. (Yeah I know the answer is probably fishing, but I can’t get into another hobby that I’ll blow thousands of dollars on, I have too many already).

I have to shift my entire wardrobe, I can’t wear wool clothes anymore. I have to wear linen and polos and sandals. Going outside kind of sucks.

I normally enjoy running, but it kinda sucks in the summer. It’s super hot and sweaty and my times get worse.

I would rather be cold and put more layers on. I would rather put on a jacket and gloves and a hat to go outside than to go outside wearing the bare minimum of legally allowed clothing and still be hot and sweaty. The temperature extremes are crazy too. My house and place of worked are air conditioned so I’m almost cold sitting at work or at home and then I go outside and it’s 40 degrees warmer. So it’s instant sweat. I don’t like sweating. I mean it’s fine if I’m prepared and dressed for it. But even then it’s still kind of annoying. I feel like I need a shower immediately as soon as I start sweating.

I think the answer is treat summer how people who hate the cold treat winter. They stay inside all the time. I’m going to go see more movies. Maybe go see some plays.

I could take it to another step and become whatever a snowbird for summer is called? A penguin? I could migrate really far north just for 3-4 months. Like Arctic shield area. Like where Ice Road Truckers ends it’s routes. I wonder if it’s better up there?

I really don’t want to wish away time. Therefore I have made an effort to find something I enjoy doing all throughout the year. But seeing movies and reading more books is something I can do year round. And I do those things year round. So what’s the unique thing that I can only do during summer? Wear a t-shirt outside? So I should get more tattoos because that’s the only time of the year I can show them off. Got it. That’s the answer, more tattoos.