DoubleLife: The month of too much to do

Maybe it's because there are 16 hours of daylight in June and people feel there's lots more time, but it always seems to me there is too much activity to fit into a mere thirty days.
The two sentences heard most often during this month are
"I'd love to but I just c-a-a-n't!" and "Oh, I'm so tired!"
Different people are impacted in different ways by this busy month, of course. But everybody notices -- if only because they have trouble getting in touch with their friends.
The work load always increases. For some professions (like teaching) this is obvious, of course, as the school year is coming to an end. But everyone seems to have either a boss or a client (or both) that wants to get something major done "before summer." It's also a popular time for people to retire or leave for a new job resulting in good-bye parties to go to at the end of busy days.
For those with a family, particularly a large extended family, June activity attains a new dimension. It's the month of weddings and first communions. There is always Father's Day. And this year, there was Mother's Day, too. (In France, Mother's Day is the last Sunday in May, except when that is Whitsunday. Then it is celebrated the first Sunday in June.)
If you have teenagers, one of them is probably taking the bac. The whole family participates in this ordeal as well as close family friends. I have often been called for some last minute tutoring in English. Or just to listen and calm an anxious friend. (The actual candidates sometimes seem less stressed than their parents.)
Families with younger children will be invited (with camera) to admire them as they perform in the annual school show and will probably be asked to "bring something for the buffet" afterwards.
Each activity of every child or adult has an end-of-year event involving food and drink which must be made or purchased and brought on the appropriate afternoon or evening.
Friends want to get together "one last time before vacation", especially as the weather is often nice and the evenings are always long. Sometimes other friends arrive from different cities or countries for an early holiday or a relaxing (for them) weekend in Paris.
Do you, a member of your family or a close friend enjoy the arts? If so, you'll enjoy them even more in June. Amateur artists, dancers, musicians and singers display their talent during this month. And they all need audiences. And don't forget the Fête de la Musique.
A sports lover? If you can spare the time, tennis, football (always football), rugby and Formula 1 car races can be watched on TV or, for the fortunate, attended in person. In any case, they'll be discussed at all the social events one is invited to.
There are always national events to look forward to, also. This year, as well as the 65th anniversary of D-Day and the Obama family's visit to Paris, there was the election of the European Parliament. In fact, all of these happened on the same weekend. -- the weekend of the final matches of the French Open. And the European elections were on the same day as Mother's Day. In my personal life, that was the weekend of my two choir concerts and the Sunday friends from Charlottesville arrived for 3 days in Paris.
I've had a great time this month and below you'll see some of the pictures to prove it. But now I'm tired. And after dinner this evening with friends and lunch on Tuesday with another, June will be over and I can relax and enjoy the memories.

Culmination of a year's hard work