Summer Stories

So I hear that some of you are actually reading my blog?! Well hot-dog, how about that, thank you! I was about to give up on it until I got some feedback. Embarrassingly enough, my last entry was at Easter time. I guess semi-annual blogs aren't real popular, ehh?
What's new for me is that I am drifting down that lazy river called "Summer". I love this time of year where my bedtimes are subject to change, and my greatest responsibilities revolve around my "domestic duties". I begin to relax and let go of that "I ought to" feeling that chases me around for the rest of the year, and sits on my shoulder like a vile "Jimminy Cricket"! I got up the other morning and remained in my pajamas after breakfast, reading a book that had thoroughly absorbed my interest. There was a temporary niggling of guilt, telling me I should be doing something useful with my life, but I got over it!
This makes me think of the tale of the ant and the grasshopper. In the story, the ant was virtuous and made the best of his time by planning ahead for the winter, while the grasshopper was "Mr.-don't-worry-be-happy". Then woefully the lazy, fun loving grasshopper finds himself starving to death in the winter, because of his lack of forethought. Mr. "goody-two shoes, the ant however has plenty of food stored up for the winter and is fine. What the story doesn't tell you is that the ant died of hypertension, because after running around being so busy, he didn't know how to let go and relax when the time came to do so! What I really think should have happened in this story is that the two might have helped each other out. The ant could teach the grasshopper how to plan ahead, and the grasshopper could teach the ant how to loosen up and enjoy life!
That's probably enough of the revised Aesop's Fables for now, but check in again with me soon. In th e meantime, relax, it's summer!