Time flies...but the livin' is easy
Hey there. I know, I know...bad blogger!!! Sorry, this summer has just kind of gotten away from me. Aside from work being busy, there have been birthday parties, baseball games, babysitting my little cousins, company from out of town, a side trip to the Poconos, concerts, theater, and planning for my next big trip in August to Paris and Budapestand smaller trips to the Eastern Shore and Outer Banks. So, I have little time to write, which I miss doing. But I am not complaining.
Today was gorgeous, a day to remind me of what summer is all about. I have friends who hate to be cold, ever, like my friends in San Fran who brag to me that every day there is exactly the same (beautiful), or my brother who like to call me from his cell phone on New Year's day while he walking on the beach near his apartment in Florida. This does not make me jealous in the least. I love the seasons. LOVE them. All of them. They each have such a distinctive feel to them, and no matter how many years (um, decades?) I am removed from my elementary and high school days, the summarization of summer can be boiled down to one word: FREEDOM.
Summer is driving around with the windows all the way down and the stereo all the way up. Ducking into a matinee on a whim to sit in the dark and escape the heat for a little while. Dropping in on a friend at work and kidnapping her for sushi dinner. Taking the dogs for an extra long walk...actually, the walk is the same distance, it just takes extra long because all the neighbors are outside and everyone wants to chat. These activities pretty much describe my day today. Fantastic. I "accomplished" absolutely nothing.
Freedom ain't free, as the catchphrase goes, but in Baltimore, there are a lot of options that are...free outdoor movies, free outdoor concerts, free museums...hell, hang around Camden Yards and you're likely to have someone press a free ticket to the baseball game into your hand ( if only to save themselves from the heartbreak of watching the game). Oh, and show me an ethnic group, and I'll show you a festival - and everyone is invited.
I hope you are each enjoying your summer enough that no one is even reading this entry. Shouldn't you be flipping a burger or washing your car or something? What the hell are you doing on the computer? Turn this thing off and go do something equally nonproductive but ultimately far more rewarding. Go on, now. GO.
