This summer has happily become known as the "Bum Life" among my friends and I. No one really planned it, but somehow about 75% of us are all without a job or any regular and ongoing commitments to keep our time occupied. It's a good thing that we are all professionals in the filling-unscheduled-time department. So, then, the question begs, what have we done with our time? Lots.
At first I saw this summer as overwhelming without anything going on. I'm very much a person who likes routine and is productive when I have stuff going on regularly. However, slowly but surely, one person at a time, the Bum Life grew.
The Bum Life essentials are: friends with no jobs/time consuming commitments, a minimal budget to be used sparingly on adventures and day trips, a lot of sunscreen, and no agenda for the day.
Here are some picture highlights of this fun summer:
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| Spent many a beautiful day at the pool soaking up some of God's good rays! (with sunscreen of course!) |
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| Even tho Dad isn't in it.... celebrated Father's Day with some minor league baseball and pizza! |
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| Scootered around Davis to get some french fries from our robot friends at Carl's Jr. |
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| Played many a game of Phase 10 with some awesome junior highers! Hayley, we miss you!! |
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| Mama Tits came to town so we enjoyed our traditional pepperoni pizza from Cafe Italia! |
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| The pic is blurry (obviously) but we had fun waiting 14 innings to see the Giant's win! |
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| And now we make it to the beach house.... 11 friends, 1 bathroom and a ton of good memories! |
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| This little treasure of a beach was fantastic! Thanks Northern California! |
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| Best part of vacationing with friends...sharing beds! |
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| Las Chicas during our last little bit at the beach! |
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| Went to the drive in! We brought couches and enjoyed ourselves some Cars 2! |
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| We helped out at the week long day camp at Church! These 2 were fun to lead with! |
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| And fun to make fun faces with! |
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| I'm gonna miss this Ice Princess when she leaves for Chicago! |
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| We had a character night. This pic reminds me that my friends and weird! |
All these fun adventures have reminded me how it isn't necessarily about what you do with those around you (although, I have had some fun, clearly!) but it is about who you get to spend time with. I'm amazed at how God has strengthened this group of friends to the point where it feels like we are all on dysfunctional family and the only thing that makes us function is the love we have for each other. I'm appreciative of all the memories that I've gotten to make this summer during the Bum Life and with all the people that have shared in it with me. To all those that take the time read all the way through, I hope you've been reminded of the good one's in your life during the summer moments! That warm fuzzy feeling great friends give you is really priceless!
