As of 12:03 am this past Saturday, the summer of 2006 is history. And as summers go, this one sucked eggs. Big-time.It started out with a lot of promise. The weather was nice. I was going to swim as much as I could. My son had finally graduated from high school. Not only that, he also had his own, fully-functional vehicle, so I was no longer tasked with being Dad's Limousine Service.
Ah, but that warm, fuzzy feeling was not to last. The first major hit was my car, only two years old (albeit with 80,000 miles on it), and the timing chain broke. In so doing, it caused major collateral damage to the engine, to the tune of $1,750.00. This was in the first week of July, and I just paid it off last week.
The second thing was that I fell in love. Should be a good thing, right? Well, it was... for about four weeks, until she suddenly, for no apparent reason, kicked my ass to the curb.
So, I, for one, am glad to see the Summer of '06 bite the dust. It was a lousy summer, and I've never been so glad to see the arrival of Fall (or Autumn, for the poetic among you). Speaking of which, why do we have two names for Fall? We don't have two names for any other season. Did "Fall" come about because someone couldn't spell "Autumn"? How about alternate names for the other seasons, such as "Cold", "Wet", and "Hot"?
There's an old joke that says: What are the two seasons in Michigan? Winter and road construction.
Ahhhhh... I can hardly wait for the leaves to get crunchy.
13 insane rambling:
Bu bye Summer! Get outta here! I love me some fall. Cool weather, cool colors, no hot weather. Yeehaw!
9/26/2006Sorry to hear about the to-the-curb kicking. Never easy to get dumped.
9/26/2006I love fall, but I dread winter. I went to school in Edinboro, PA. The two seasons there were mud and frozen.
Where I live, one day it was almost 100 degrees the next day it was 80 degrees! No middle ground! Summer brought me great times, Las Vegas with my boyfriend, going to California to see him, roommate moving out (didn't think it was good at the time!), new friends!
9/26/2006Bring on fall and football!!!
Yaxlich has often wondered why people in America called Autumn 'fall'. He hopes that someone will explain it to him one day.
9/26/2006He is quite pleased to see the back of summer as it was very hot in London and it played havoc with his Betty Swollocks.
I believe this:
9/26/2006Sometimes the purpose of summers that suck is to have a new and greater appreciation for the following season.
Sometimes the expenses that seem overwhelming and frustrating at the moment end up to an investment in the longrun.
Sometimes the lost love that you fell for prepared your heart for the love of your life still to come.
Sometimes the poetic version of a word is exactly the term that turns gloom into glee.
Sometimes summers, expenses, love and poetry remind us that life is not all about ideals, but rather realities in the making.
Things will get better for you. It's all in the cycle of life.
I love fall/autumn. And you're right, the summer sucked!!
9/26/2006Here's to new things in the distance!
Move to Phoenix. We have 8 months of "summer" and 3 months of DAMN HOT!
9/26/2006Just remember, I don't have to shovel sunshine here! ;o)
I moved here 10 years ago and have felt like I was on Vaca since!
Ummm... Bambi darlin'... 8 + 3 = 11... WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER MONTH?
9/26/2006;-]
I really love summer and am horribly disappointed when it goes to hell. But Michigan is beautiful right now! Even the rain is pretty and fall-like...and there's all that football to follow. Forget the Lions, you have a zillion colleges practically walking distance. Awesome. College ball is the best. :-)
9/27/2006sorry your summer sucked. I love summer, even if there was an evil hottie hungarian involved this year. ;)
9/27/2006Bambi can't add! Hey there is about a month of just We don't know what to call it...In the AM it's hot and sunny by afternoon it's dusty, wind, rain, thunder, lighting, micro burst my ass and flooding.
9/27/2006So...Yeah!
Bambi, you just need a fella who can add!!!
9/27/2006So long Summer 2006; thanks for coming.
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