Zach's First Ever Post

I am so glad that school is finally out! No homework for two months straight, and I can now relax, sort of. I can't believe that I will be in eighth grade next August - piles of even harder homework to finish by, "Next class all you evil pupils! Mwahh hahahahah!" I can't wait for all the madness to begin again. Why do we have to have ten thousand fruit trees in our yard? I have no clue! Yesterday we got yet another tree, this one a Paw paw tree. I think last week we got some berries and maybe another peach tree!  We have to finish picking all of the cherries this week, which is not one of my favorite chores, especially pitting the cherries. The sticky, over-sweet smell of the cherry juice is about enough to make me leave the room in a dash. To all those who like pie cherries, please, keep on liking them, but I am firmly avoiding the cherries this summer. I wish that some scientist out there could invent a bubble filled with cool air that could enclose you while doing yard work so that it wasn't so hot and exhausting outside. Recently this summer, I have figured out that the hot sunlight has left me tired after a few minutes outside, and that my naps have became even longer than usual.

We just got in from picking another seven bowls of cherries, along with weeding the entire garden. Thankfully we started picking cherries at ten o' clock, which was right after a thunderstorm, so it was 60 degrees and the cherries were sprinkling cold water on us when we picked them. After an hour and a half, we finished the cherries and went on to weeding the crabgrass that was in the garden, which took at least thirty minutes, and there is still more to obliterate! I took a shower when we got in, and it felt good to cool off for a few minutes. Thank goodness that we are inside the rest of the day!
                                                                                                                                   -Zach