Happy July! Bon Julliet!

July is finally here. It has always been my favourite month of the year. Perhaps earlier on this was the case because my birthday comes in July. But as time went by, I realised July was just a nice month in general. First of all, take the name...July: short, sweet and sounds even nicer in French....Julliet! (pronounced 'Juyi-yay')

Back when I was in school, June was when school opened for the year. That used to be the month of anxiety. Have we got all the books? Have they been covered with brown paper in time for inspection? Old uniforms looked shorter; new uniforms looks too long!! Where was I going to sit in the new class? What section? Are my friends with me in the same section? And so on.......
By the time July came around, it was clam and familiar and enjoyable. Rains would take over. And it was always fun to see puddles of rain water in the school backyard. Exams were too far to worry about just then. There was always this perfectly peaceful lull through school time in July. I could get lost in my dream world at ease....

Then came college times, July was when college re-opened each year. The gang and I would go on Monsoon hikes and hang out at local food joints for hours on end...again...blissful.

Once I moved to the US, my first July spent there was in CA on an internship. Hari and I would collect any friends or acquaintances in sight and ride off on weekend trip after weekend trip to enjoy the sunny California summer.

So, you see...I have had no reason to believe otherwise. July is a blissfully delicious month. Happy July. And also a very Happy Birthday in advance to the tons of leo friends who share this birthday month with me!!!