Summer! Peachy as Ever...

This last week was a veritable rainbow of events and activities...
My family celebrated my father's birthday, one brother coming home after a very LONG time away, another brother leaving...  and not to mention all of the spontaneous other occurrences that have taken place throughout the week.
It has also hovered at around 100*F all week...  ya, not so much fun there...
Throughout the week, however, there has been one common theme...
SLOW MORNINGS...
For the past few years, my inner clock has been beaten and abused.  It no longer has any influence on the time I wake up at all...
I typically just sleep until something wakes me up...
(now don't get me wrong, I'm a very light sleeper and will wake up to just about everything, but unless it's something worthwhile, I just return myself to a colorful dreamland[see my other post from last month, A dream is a wish your heart makes...].)
Yesterday morning, for example,
I woke up to my mother's velvety voice at about 9 am.  I filled the car up with folding chairs and returned them to my dear grandmother's house.  As I returned home, I stifled a yawn.  When I reached my bedroom, I immediately went back to bed until my mother again woke me...  this time at 1:30 pm...  
"_______, are you really still asleep?"
"maybe..."
"you need to get up and start calculus."
"okay..."
and then I got out of bed to start working on my online calculus class.  bleh.

Most mornings start out in a similar way, but usually around 11:30.  The only reason I got out of bed today was one delightful thought...
BREAKFAST.  yum.
From the earliest summer memories I have, smoothies and milkshakes have kind of been the real summer breakfast.  We never really had them every day, but they were an occasional breakfast treat.  I have always been...  how can I say this nicely... HORRIBLE at making them.  I simply have no talent for making good tasting beverages with a blender. My concoctions are typically too sour and overall disgusting, but last week I decided to change that...
so I cheated.  I went online and searched for a delicious strawberry smoothie recipe.  
After about a minute, I found one that looked promising...  So I made it.
It was heaven-sent.  Not exactly what I'd expected though... by the name 'Delicious Strawberry Smoothie' I had expected three things:
1. that it would be delectable.
2. that it would be strawberry flavored.
3. that it would be a smoothie.
as it turned out, it was delectable, it was strawberry-BANANA flavored, and it was in fact a milk shake.  
But that doesn't change the perfection level of it.
so now that your mouth is watering and you're entirely too jealous of my yummy drink(which I am currently sipping through a nice fat straw), I'll share this recipe with you.

ingredients:
1 cup strawberries (I've decided frozen are best for this)
1 cup nectar of the gods (more commonly known as 2% milk, but any percentage will work)
1 banana (I prefer frozen here as well)
1/4 cup sugar (the sweet kind)

directions:
blend.

and now that I've shared this recipe with you, hopefully you too can find adequate reason to get yourself out of bed.

You're so very welcome,
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