Lake Rat

It is definitely my time of the year. I love spring and summer as long as I am wet on a 100 degree day. Lake Rats have a saying, "If your project does not get done before Memorial Day, then it has to wait until after Labor Day!" My children were not allowed to tell me they were bored. They knew I would tell them to go outside and play. They entertained themselves by catching crawdads, fishing, or jumping in the lake. As they grew older , neighbors would call and inform me of their goings on. Have you heard of joyriding, when minors would cruise around in their parents cars? Well, my underage daughter took the speedboat out and flooded it and had to be towed home. She had no idea a neighbor had called to tell on her! Warm weather passes quickly for Lake Rats; so we arrange everything we do including shopping around daylight hours. Cute story about our youngest,who just graduated from high school. He was an early riser when he was a toddler and would come in to wake us up. Finally, we told him not to wake us up on the weekend until the sun was up. Have you guessed what he started doing? He would run and jump on our bed the minute the sun was up yelling "Suns up! Suns up!" Now, we receive calls from neighbors on the weekend telling us, "Suns up!" So it continues...