For some reason guys, the general consensus is that summer is over, that it's time to pack away our summer clothes, buy our notebooks and new school shoes and hunker down for a long, cold winter.
Well, EXCUSE ME CHAPS, but I for one did not get the memo that that the 18th of August spells the end of all things hot and sunny. Sure the weather might not be what we'd hope for but I am far from packing away my shorts and sundresses and pulling out my moth eaten knitwear from the top shelf.
Join me, won't you, in my optimism? It's a lot nicer up here. Let's look at the evidence that summer is still going on.
We're still way over a month away from the last day of summer
Officially, the last day of summer is the 23rd of September. That gives us over a month of summer mentality before we need to start thinking about grown up things again. Hell, those of you at university won't even have started classes then, let alone thought about doing any actual work.
It's going to be 25 degrees on Saturday
And humid. You know what season humidity happens in? Summer. That's what.
The summer blockbuster season is still in full swing
Not that we're excited for that silly-looking Zac Efron DJ film, but EDM music on a beach while scantily clad girls gyrate towards neon-vest wearing bros? That says summer to me. And it's not even out until next week.
There's still THREE of the biggest festivals to come
Bestival, Reading and Leeds AND V Festival are all still on the calendar. Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you think the organisers of three of the UK's biggest festivals would know better than to schedule their festivals in autumn?
I have been to precisely one BBQ
And it was my own. Although this might be more indicative of how my friends feel about me.
I have not seen one mention of Christmas yet
And, as you well know by now, autumn is basically one huge trailer for the big day. As it stands, this year I have yet to see a Santa Claus, a reindeer OR a Baby Jesus. Ergo, it cannot yet be autumn.
I just bought a pair of sandals.
And if that's not evidence enough that summer isn't still going on then I don't know what is.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.