Let's Face It, Summer Sucks.

It's almost the end of July and I am still waiting for my summer to really "take off." As I sit here and write this article I can't help but accept this is not going to happen. In fact it has not happened in about 5 years! As a kid, you are quickly trained to think of summer as a happy time, and it is.....for awhile. Every year from K-12 all one can look forward to is summer break. Yeah you probably had some bum summer job but that really wasn't a "job." It was mainly a place to learn how to manage a schedule and figure out how to waste as much time as possible so you could get off and hang out in your buddy's parents basement. As I entered into adulthood I started to ask what is so great about summer? Here are a few reasons that prove summer actually sucks.

OUTDOORS

Who in their right mind seriously believes it is enjoyable to be outside in the summer? Liars, that's who. As summer approaches, everyone has that annoying friend/coworker that wants to constantly remind you how they can't wait for the "nice weather." Nice weather? You mean sunburns, heat stroke, sweat stains, and B.O.? Yeah I know, such a thrill! Every sane human being knows that it is way easier to heat yourself up than it is to cool yourself down. Just cool it with the "nice weather" talk when it comes to summer, pun intended.

TRAVEL

Ah, vacation. If you're lucky enough to get any days off from your employer in the summer you probably are doing so to take a vacation. Now why in the right mind would you pay to leave one scorching corner of the earth to head to another part of the world where it is probably the exact same temperature, if not worse. You know what is more enjoyable? Leaving a frozen tundra to go enjoy a place with nice temperatures in a time of year that you usually cannot enjoy at all. Traveling in the "off" months also eliminates long lines, expensive flights, and hordes of screaming children.

SPORTS

The Stanley Cup Finals and the NBA Finals wrap up in early June. That leaves us with one choice for entertainment, baseball. Now you can lie to yourself and say baseball is fun to watch/follow or you can be a man and admit it is BORING AS FRIG. The sports gods have cursed this time of the year for seemingly no good reason at all and we are just forced to put up with it. The fact that a solution to this problem has yet to be solved and it is 2022, leaves me to believe this period will always be terrible for the sports fan.

Luckily July is almost over and NFL training camps are firing up around the country. That means fall is right around the corner. Now, DO NOT BE FOOLED by Labor Day. This technically "ends" summer but be ready to deal with about another month of obnoxiously awful heat. As you could probably guess, fall is my favorite time of the year. Mild weather, wall to wall football coverage, Halloween, Sweatshirts, and jeans. What isn't to like about fall? I personally cannot wait for summer to end and I'm sure you're coming to that same conclusion as you finish reading this article.