Buh Bye Summer, We Hardly Knew You
So here I am posting again after a long stint of lollybloggerdom. It's not that I nothing to say, it's just that I've been lazy and overworked for the last couple of weeks.
Indeed there seems to be a plethora of topics lately; hurricane katrina, rising gas prices, work, and my other sister's visit with her shiny new baby.
Instead I feel like discussing my summer, and in particular my regrets over it. With September already half over and with the chill weather we've been having lately it seems like a good time to look back.
First of all it was a pretty cold summer overall. One of the coldest that I can remember with maybe only a couple of days where the temperature rose above 30 degrees. I definitely wanted to be more active outdoors this year, but I didn't really get the chance or else I never took the opportunity when it was presented. Shani and I hardly even got out for any of our usual walks. With all my bills and stuff I didn't get around to buying a bike like I wanted. The summer started pretty late too with April and May being pretty chilly.
The second thing was losing my job at the end of June. It kind of felt like everything was on hold in the weeks leading up to my last day, and then afterwards everything was a little crazy. My planned vacation was kind of postponed by my week of sickness, my sister's noisy visit, Shani's visit to the Island, and then finally by the prison which is my current job.
I know I like to complain, but believe me 5:30 a.m. is an ungodly time and it makes you go to sleep very early which puts a big crimp in one's evening plans.
The third big thing was missing out on all the usual summer activities that I think about during the long winter, but never get around to doing once summer comes around. So in the interest of making a positive change for the future rather than just whining I have decided to make a short list of stuff that I missed this summer so that I can read this next year and get my butt in gear.
paintballing
camping
going to the beach
a road trip
the Folk Fest (actually I only wanted to go to this after I heard that Loreena McKennit was playing but it was too late then)
the Fringe (Shani and I technically went, but it was very brief and we never got to see any plays)
a Taste of Edmonton
Klondike days
swimming in the Legislature fountain late at night
a football game
golfing with my Dad
No doubt there's more stuff, but there's not much use in looking backwards now. I'll just have to be much more proactive next year.
Meanwhile I'm looking forward to Fall one of my favorite seasons. Even though it is inevitability short, and we always have an early snowfall. So I'll have to cram a lot of fun into a short period of time.
Indeed there seems to be a plethora of topics lately; hurricane katrina, rising gas prices, work, and my other sister's visit with her shiny new baby.
Instead I feel like discussing my summer, and in particular my regrets over it. With September already half over and with the chill weather we've been having lately it seems like a good time to look back.
First of all it was a pretty cold summer overall. One of the coldest that I can remember with maybe only a couple of days where the temperature rose above 30 degrees. I definitely wanted to be more active outdoors this year, but I didn't really get the chance or else I never took the opportunity when it was presented. Shani and I hardly even got out for any of our usual walks. With all my bills and stuff I didn't get around to buying a bike like I wanted. The summer started pretty late too with April and May being pretty chilly.
The second thing was losing my job at the end of June. It kind of felt like everything was on hold in the weeks leading up to my last day, and then afterwards everything was a little crazy. My planned vacation was kind of postponed by my week of sickness, my sister's noisy visit, Shani's visit to the Island, and then finally by the prison which is my current job.
I know I like to complain, but believe me 5:30 a.m. is an ungodly time and it makes you go to sleep very early which puts a big crimp in one's evening plans.
The third big thing was missing out on all the usual summer activities that I think about during the long winter, but never get around to doing once summer comes around. So in the interest of making a positive change for the future rather than just whining I have decided to make a short list of stuff that I missed this summer so that I can read this next year and get my butt in gear.
paintballing
camping
going to the beach
a road trip
the Folk Fest (actually I only wanted to go to this after I heard that Loreena McKennit was playing but it was too late then)
the Fringe (Shani and I technically went, but it was very brief and we never got to see any plays)
a Taste of Edmonton
Klondike days
swimming in the Legislature fountain late at night
a football game
golfing with my Dad
No doubt there's more stuff, but there's not much use in looking backwards now. I'll just have to be much more proactive next year.
Meanwhile I'm looking forward to Fall one of my favorite seasons. Even though it is inevitability short, and we always have an early snowfall. So I'll have to cram a lot of fun into a short period of time.
posted by Eman at 7:38 PM
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