What is Summer For?

For the past few summers, I have made it a goal of mine to get lots of writing done. And it's never really worked out for me. So this year, I did not delude myself into thinking I would get much written. I have realized that, even though I have two and a half months off from my day job, summer is not really for writing.

This summer has been for:

• My oldest daughter's last summer before her senior year.
• Water gun fights.
• Mad dashes in the rain at 10:30 at night (after over a month of heat and drought).
• Horseback riding for the first time.
• Tubing on the river for the first time.
• Celebrating birthdays. 
• Visits with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
• Making a patchwork quilt with my girls (still in progress).
• Book binding.
• Lego projects.
• Art projects.
• Experiments in the kitchen. 
• Lemonade stands.
• Books and reading.
• A little writing.
• A poem in Highlights.
• A few queries.
• A few rejections.
• A couple requests for fulls (one still outstanding).
• And two more weeks to fill up with whatever we want.

What have your June and July been filled with?