Hello and happy Friday!
Yesterday was the first day of summer here in Iceland, an annual public holiday, which meant that H and I had the day off work. We made sure to make good use of our day off.
Life is good.
But wait, did I just say first day of summer?
Yup, sure did.
According to the old Icelandic calendar the first Thursday after April 18th is celebrated as the first day of summer, no matter what the weather. So even though the weather is no where near summer like Icelanders celebrate the first day of summer with parades, bbqs, events in the park, basically all things you normally do in summer, just with freezing temperatures.
There is an old Icelandic superstition that believes if there is cold weather on the first day of summer it is known as “winter and summer freezing together”. If this happens then according to the superstition the actual summer will be very warm. Kind of like Iceland’s version of groundhog day. It was freezing this morning so maybe this means a warm summer is headed our way???
Whatever it means the day was absolutely beautiful and I am feeling so rejuvenated after spending a day outside in the sunshine. Sunshine just makes me happy, and sleepy, but I mean really you can’t not smile when the sun is out!
See, all smiles, I love you sunshine!
And I really wasn’t kidding about the sleepy thing, I mean there are worse places to take a nap.
Yesterday was just what I needed to shake off the last of those winter blues. Yes, I still have winter blues at the end of April, it has been a rough winter you guys. On the positive side I am pretty sure the winter of 2015 is one that people will be talking about for years to come so at least I can say I was there. Kind of like how my parents always talked about this one terrible winter when they were growing up, I now I have my terrible winter to go on and on about to my kids one day.
Now that I am feeling back to my usual self I am ready to dive head first into this blog. You see, this month has been a bit rough for me on the blogging front. I have been traveling two out of the past three weeks, which means I have lots of amazing things to share it you all, but also has meant that I have been totally out of my routine. And to be honest I have been really struggling to get back into the swing of things.
It is so hard to get back to real life after traveling isn’t it? I mean why can’t everyday just be spent exploring the world!
Seriously guys, yesterday, it was dreamy.
On top of trying to get back into the swing of blogging I have been dealing with non-stop technical issues. The real icing on the cake was when Bluehost, my server host, went MIA earlier this week knocking out my site and their own in the process.
So yeah, project get back to blogging is not starting out so well. But yesterday, yesterday was amazing.
Basically this post has really no point other than me telling you guys I have been trying to get back into the swing of real life things, and that my Icelandic adventure yesterday was amazing. Don’t worry, next week thing will be back to normal around here, including a full post about our hike from yesterday, so I can gush about how incredible it was all over again.
Hiking in Iceland, it never disappoints!
Okay, this post needs to end before I continue to talk more nonsense. And to celebrate you making it through this random post and for sticking around through my crazy blog issues how about a giveaway to say thank you for reading and kick off your weekend!
