Anyone else sad summer is drawing to a close?

[Summerover2]

I’ve had a great summer - loads of memories with our daughter (3), playing in the garden daily and trips in the sun.

I already feel sad it’s coming to a close - I like the Christmas build up in December but apart from that I really struggle with the grey days and know I’ll be reminiscing loads for summer 😥

Am I going to miss this summer of dealing with a high energy toddler whilst pregnant with twins in seemingly endless hot weather? Not a chance! I love autumn, the cosy evenings. I also dislike that's light at 4.30/5am. I sleep so much better when it's not summer.

I’m very sad. Yes I know it’s been hot but I just love the light.

A lovely day today. 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

Totally agree OP. Also I'm in Scotland and feel we missed the nice heatwave bit of the summer! (we had the odd day over 25c but mostly 16-21c and some rain) so I'm even less ready for Autumn to start.

Working term time is so lovely when your children are primary age. I used to love planning all the cheap / free activities and days out.

I agree. I love summer and spending so much time with my daughter. If it wasn't for having to earn a wage I'd homeschool her. I don't like the romanticisation of autumn by people who've seen too many pictures of hedgehogs knitting by candlelight in treehouses or American movies featuring sunny days with flame coloured leaves and cute jumpers. Not what we get- endless rain, a few destructive storms and relentless, depressing darkness.

There's an edge to the mornings now. The squirrels are going bonkers. This time of year always reminds me of going to uni for the first time and of all the parties I went to that summer; walking home at daylight as it got cooler.

It looks like “El Nino” is going to become the new gloomy buzzword 😩, and we’re going to hear it all year, 25 years after Bridget Jones turned it into something funny.

”It’s a blip, I think Latin music is on its way out.”

Too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry, too calm, too windy, too bright, too dark.

It's just in our nature I think to talk about all things weather isn't it? Anyway I'm off now to check how awful this El Nino thing is going to be. And for sure it will be hyped up no end so we enter the Winter terrified. Again.