Summer = Loads of Free Time!!

Okaaaaay, so it's not actually summer yet (in some places) but it will be in a *snap*.
And what does summer mean besides no school? More free time! Yay!

We no longer have to spend seven hours a day, five days a week confined in cinderblock buildings with classrooms that change temperatures faster than a bee stings and hallways full of shoving, yakking peers.

Now we can spend all day at our choice of various locations- the sunny, sandy beach; the dark, cool theater; the loud, bustling amusement park; the local mall; the comfy, worn-out, fits-ya-like-a-glove couch. What options!

And so what could we do with all this time and all these places to go?? The beach is perfect for tanning or cooling off in the salty ocean while licking a melting popsicle. The theater is great for seeing the newest blockbusters or (if you mean the the-ate-er:) seeing the local (or Broadway!) productions of Wicked, Les Mis, and much more. At the amusement park you can slurp down a cool soda while waiting in a mile long line for the brand-new coaster that everyone will claim is SO worth it even if it's not simply to justify why they wasted their time in that queue to begin with. And everyone knows that the local mall is the one place you can bet on seeing people you know while you shop for those trendy must-have items. But not everyone sees the glory of the good ol' sofa!

The couch is an option for those who like to relax at home in their spare time. You can sit on it while you eat. You can lounge classily while you peruse this month's issue of Reader's Digest (which happens to be a very good magazine:). You can stretch out and fall asleep watching reruns of oldies-but-goodies on television.

Sofas can even double as other things! They can be a bed, perfect for a mid-day nap or crashing when you were planning to stay up all night long for the first time in your whooole life. A sofa can be a trampoline- the bounce won't be as good and you just might ruin the sofa, but it CAN be a trampoline. A couch can be a landing spot when you decide to vault over the banister in a daredevil scheme (this is not recommended). A common sofa can be the boat for you and your stuffed animal comrades when playing your own little game of Imaginery Flood (this does not prepare you for an actual flood, by the way).

So, while you can drive out and spend money at the beach, theater, amusement park, or mall, you can also stay at home and use the couch for entertainment! But, it's your choice. Oh, and feel free to mix it up between the two. Like, you could stay home one day and go out the next! Or you could, if you so choose, take the sofa with you! It would be great to have something to sit on in those mile-long lines at the amusement park, would it not??

Note: Staying home, you may still spend money on electricity, television, food, and magazine subscriptions while using your glorious couch.