Summertime: little listening time

Because I'm a beach bum and live on the ocean, I find, because of that, and the longer days and yearning to be outside--I just don't get to listen very much. When I do, however, my system, almost always, sounds better than I remember it. Could it be absence makes the ears grow fonder? Maybe I've taken my system for granted? Cds I've listened to dozens of times, and have become quite intimate with, sound better than ever. It seems like I'm hearing things I've never heard. Any audiophools out there have similar experiences? peace, warren