It's Thursday!

And also the first day of spring. Celebrated by hayfever sufferers everywhere by the annual "Grunbling, Tissue-Buying and Returning to Bed". Personally I'm behind on the returning to bed, I bought tissues yesterday! How organised.
I thought that I would bypass the issue of spring (and related floriade matters) for now and talk about summer, of which spring is merely a harbinger. I have mixed feelings about summer.

Pro's:
- Get to wear skimpy clothing! Yay! Well, I mean, it's nice to wear short sleeves and not be stuck with the same old jumpers and actually wear skirts.
- It's warm, and people have less colds.
- Summer holidays! So much spare time, when reality is somewhat suspended, and much fun can be had. On a related issue,
- Christmas and New Years! Much fun for all. There are christmas lights, presents, food, drink (this is more a New Year's thing) and fireworks.
- Many, many more holiday related benefits, like holiday movies, holiday jobs (one year I'll get one!), seeing family, reading long books, sleeping in, terrigal, walking around... the list goes on.
- One of my favourite things about summer is that the air feels so nice. Which makes wearing short sleeves that much more enjoyable.
- The beach!

Con's:
- TOO hot.
- Bushfires. Seeing as my parents live on the outskirts of Canberra in a new house with a wooden roof, this is particularly worrying...
- I never get a tan, and I burn easily. This point can be summarised in two words- red-head.
- The insects. The mosquitoes plague you, and the streets are overrun with cockroaches. Ewwww.... I hate cockroaches. Who doesn't?
- You know you really should get a job.
- Also, should be everywhere at once.
- Much travelling stuck in a car in the heat with multiple siblings and dogs is not good for the mind/soul/heart/temper.

So there you are. Feel the ambivalence. Embrace thursday.