a summer wish list

With Solstice on the horizon, and the inevitable sounds of a pagan drum circle on my block this weekend, I thought I would take a couple of minutes to jot down things that I am looking forward to in the season before September.

1. A submitted (and then accepted) manuscript - current title: "Lack of coupling reveals flexible circadian phenotypes in individual neurons of the suprachiasmatic nucleus"
2. Wednesday night Jazz in the Gardens
3. Training rides in prep for the MS 150
4. Softball and cheap beer
   
5. Being outside with the smell of sunscreen and bug spray and chlorine
   
6. Float trips
7. Road trips
8. Selling the house
9. Teaching and mentoring
   
10. Late nights on my deck with good conversation under the stars
11. Any and all live music
12. Cocktail hour
13. Having a good laugh... with someone or simply at myself
14. Making ice cream
15. Saturday morning walks to the Tower Grove Farmer's Market
16. Bottleworks
17. Friendship and maybe a little affection
18. Books
19. Yoga
20. Leisurely dinners with a glass of wine (or two)
    
21. Walking barefoot

What's on your summer wish list? Is there anything you would like to add?