Wednesday, 16 August 2023 01:39

Mosquito Bites

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I spend a great deal of time outside, and there is no doubt my favorite season is fall. We're not quite there yet, despite pumpkin spiced and Halloween items already being available at many businesses in anticipation of the season. The worst part about fall is that it is kind of like Sunday, in that it's enjoyable, but you know what is coming up next won't be fun. 

Anyways, no matter what the season is, I'm always looking forward for it to not be the one that it is currently. Come August, I'm just about done with summertime and these hot and sticky days. My biggest grievance is all of the mosquito bites I'm sporting right now. There's two awful ones right on my chest inches from one another, and I am pretty sure I picked them both up whilst riding the motorcycle. The one actually hurt and was itching me, so it's possible there was another insect in the mix. 

It's easy to complain with this feeling of discomfort as a constant for me, but I am trying to be more appreciative of any given moment, and right now things aren't so bad. In the middle of winter when there is no snow but its like 3 degrees outside, I get cabin fever. Although I'll be out in it regardless, I hate the cold. In the spring it's rainy. My complaint with fall my entire life has been that it marks the end of my summer break from school, but as a recent graduate, that's no longer an issue for me. So really fall is perfect, but I digress.

Thinking about what's good about your current situation is a must. If you get caught up in all the reasons things could be better, its easy lose sight of how not-bad your situation really is. As they say, it can always be worse. On most any freezing winter day where I have an annual flu and can't feel my fingers, I would trade 1000 mosquito bites for it to be summer again. With this, I hope you will appreciate the remainder of this Northeast Ohio summer season and enjoy every single day not necessarily for what it is, but for what is is not. 

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