June craziness

So I cut my hair off about 6 weeks ago. I've never had short hair. I tell everyone I was very brave and tried something different, but really, I believe it was an act of desperation. I was in one of those moods where I felt like a particle that was building up energy and needed to explode into some kind of movement- I needed to do -something- but the choices seemed limited. So I cut my hair. I know that sounds weird & silly, but there it is. Enough about the hair.
By the way, the first picture I tried to take had my eyes closed. I've found that 80% of the photos taken of me have my eyes closed. Perhaps I blink a lot.
A bunch of my family came to town in June - it was a month of fun & socializing, which I don't do near enough of. We ate, drank, did a float down the river, had a big party, ate, drank, laughed & told stories.  Family came & went all through the month. I moved out for a week so that my brother and his entourage could all just stay at my house - I stayed at my mom's with my sister. She was here the whole month, we got some good time together. I have two brothers and one sister - we're all within 5 years of each other in age. We hadn't all been in the same place at once in about 12 years. They all left July 3, all at once - it's so quiet now! But I'm glad to be back at home and really, I was ready for some quiet. It seems that it's feast or famine where visiting family is concerned. I miss them a lot, especially my sister. My kids are all here and we get together for dinners & movies, but the hubub of a huge family  gathering was fun.
I'm not sure what my point is here, I'm kind of rambling. Family is a stabilizing element and I guess I'm saying I'm in a better frame of mind than I was a month ago. Nothing like siblings to make you feel as if you're in familiar territory.
It's amazing here right now - 24 hours of daylight. It's broad daylight at midnight, and the evenings are beautiful  - very hard to remember to get to bed on time ;) I love this time of year in Alaska. We've passed the Solstice, though, and we're slowly losing minutes of light from each day. In August, we're "normal" and have dark nights. By the time we hit December, we're down to a mere few hours of daylight in the afternoon. But we'll not think of that now! For us, summers are short, but summer days are long - we soak 'em up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_sun