Summer

with summer fast approaching, i figure now would be a good time to write a lil blurb about it
summer means alot of different things. for one, most people have summer vacations away from school. summer's really hot obviously, and summer's a time to relax for kids.
so i wanted to talk a bit about summer and the meanings behind it.
for one thing, i think we can all agree that summer is representative of freedom. during summer, you are on vacation, you are not required to go to school or anything, so in a sense you are free from the once daily routine of school. however, obviously if you are not in school anymore and have a job, summer doesn't exactly represent freedom in that way.
so summer also represents something else, happiness. there's something about warm weather that brings out the smiles in people. no matter how people feel, often just telling them to spend some time outdoors will cheer up many a person. there's just something about the warmth, perhaps because the 2 previous seasons were kinda dreary, especially around this area. in winter, it's cold and often miserable, it's easy to get sick due to the lower temperatures, so it's a bleak season for many. then after that is spring, it starts to get warmer but it rains alot, and rain can have a gloomy effect on people. but summer, it's hot, doesn't rain that much, it's so much happier of a time. summer to me depicts a time where children are running around carefree, or swimming, spending time as if to make up for the lost time they spent doing schoolwork, now without that work, they are free to express themselves in other ways, such as recreation. i know i for one am looking forward to summer, as it is a time for me to unwind myself and some changes will occur. but regardless, i dare say rarely will you see someone not happy during this season, perhaps except for the blazing heat or allergies, but even then, i experience that, and the warmth still makes me smile.