I'm not a fan of August, which is kind of amusing since my birthday AND my favorite beer festival both happen in August. But that's 2 days of awesome surrounded by many days of struggling with summer. I've often commented that I get reverse "SAD". I just don't like being hot, I'm not a fan of swimming, and I fry (or freckle) in the sun. I'm like the antithesis of the golden brown Sun Goddess. Add in summer marathon training and I'm admittedly more than a little bit cranky these days. But, I know I just need to stick it out a few more weeks and then the mornings will be cooler and then the kids will go back to school and we will all get back into a routine. (What? Sleeping from 1am-10am is a routine. Maybe not a good one, but it's a … [Read more...]