Thursday, March 18, 2010

10 reasons i love Oklahoma in the summertime. in no particular order.

3. the rain. i don't mean the measly drizzle that Provo enjoys having. no i want rain!!! i want thunder and lightning and rain so hard that i can't get the mail without looking like i jumped in the lake with my clothes on. i want it to rain so hard that i can't see out my window. call me crazy, but i would even like a tornado warning. not a tornado. just the warning. i want that much rain.

10. the humidity. i love moisture in the air. yes, it makes my hair stick straight, completely stuck to my head, and absolutely style-less, but it's just more comfortable. it makes my skin happy. and my hair healthy.

7
. the fireflies. there's something whimsical about sitting outside at dusk and seeing them start to light their little tushes up. it's like a hint of a fairy tale.

2. the way summer mornings smell. early summer mornings, about 6:30 or 7:00 am. i can't describe it, but it's beautiful.

8. the blueberry patches. i miss going there and picking blueberries and eating them until i can't stuff a single thing more into my stomach.

1. the peaches from the orchard. they're just better than peaches from the grocery store.

4. the public swimming pool. yes, it is basically a make out place for middle-schoolers, but a lot of my childhood was spent there, and i can now stay in the pool during adult swim. after 18 years of begrudgingly climbing out of the pool for 15 minutes every hour, i deserve that much.

6. riding my bike to the library on main street and spending hours there.

9. uni brow. not the eyebrow kind. the tv program on PBS on saturday nights. it's actually called OETA movie club. however, when i was younger, the host had a monster uni brow and we could never remember his name. so, we called him uni brow. anyways, uni brow shows old movie classics from 9 pm to 1 am on saturday nights. it's the reason i love old movies.

5
. i love dark sheets and a white comforter. there's something about dark sheets that makes a bed exponentially more comfortable.

2 comments:

  1. one reason why i hate oklahoma in the summatime:
    6. the smell that exudes from you when you ride your bike to the library on main street and spend hours there. "PU PU we're all for you, yaaaay, boo!"
    jota ka. i loce you.

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