Summer’s end

Why do I always happily anticipate summer? In May I was thinking about all the things I was going to do… books I wanted to read, projects around the house, walking, writing, photography. But tomorrow I take Matt to school in the afternoon for locker day and Wednesday I put him on the bus at 7:00 a.m. So our summer is over and I haven’t accomplished much of anything I had planned. We did take a week-long vacation this summer, my first since I began working in 2000. It was lovely! Well, at least I might get a little better access to my computer, but probably not. After all Matt will need it for school so in the evening when he’s home I’ll have to let him have it.

Ah August. Hot, hazy and sticky. Maybe it’s good for Matt to be back in school. What can one do when the weather is this oppressive? Run of course. At least that’s Matt’s answer to life. But I think the heat has finally gotten to him. He hasn’t even been able to run the last few days. He was supposed to do a 10-mile run with his team this evening, but he only made it 6.5 miles. Too much heat!! The next few weeks may be interesting for him… school, training, and homework. What fun!