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my least favorite month

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It's official. August is here. August is my least favorite month of the year. I'm really not that picky or discriminating in general, but I have always disliked August. Sorry month #8. Here are few reasons why you bug me:
1. Summer is my least favorite season. You are the last full month of this season, and usually, but the time you roll around, I am tired of the heat, humidity and sun burns that summer brings. Summer is stale by August.
2. Fall is my favorite season of the year. By August, I am tired of summer and want fall! But alas! I still have a month and a half to go before the cool winds of autumn sweep in to relieve me. Hurry up Fall!!
3. As a child, August meant "back to school". I was a fairly normal child in the sense that I was not happy to be returning to the early mornings, overly structured classes ruled by overly anal instructors, homework and tests.
4. Referring to #1 & 2, August has always represented to me an interim between two things that I wish would be transitioned quickly. I think it is the oppressive heat that keeps time from moving forward at a reasonable rate. I really believe that time slows down in the summer. And by August, I am ready for winds of change - literally.

I also despise the hour of 3 p.m. Reasons are similar, but in the daily sense.

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Tanya said…
Happy August, Emily! :) Yeah, you have a blog!! Did you not want anyone to know? I found you :) I love reading your blog - you make me giggle. Glad to hear that you read my blog, too. Such a neat way to keep in touch, huh!?
8/01/2006 2:37 PM
Emily Gray said…
that's so funny! how did you find me? I'm not officially "out". :-p
I had not made it public until a couple of days ago.
Shhhh....I may not be ready for the world to know yet. But thank you so much for being my very first commenter!!
8/01/2006 3:01 PM
Tanya said…
It will be our little secret then :) I saw that you commented on Beth's blog. I found her blog through Malia's. I'm honored to be your first commenter!
8/01/2006 4:16 PM
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