. . . not as in "My, the summer sure has flown by!" but as in "The temperature has been in the 40s every morning since Tuesday!" While I've never believed in global warming, I am now officially for it. As if it isn't bad enough that Mother Nature is throwing Fall in our faces while we're still in Summer, Old Man Retailer is insisting on stocking stores with Halloween items even though Halloween is still 57 days away! Of course, he'll bring out Christmas items before Halloween is even over and then, come February, when we're up to our seat cushions in snow, you won't be able to find a winter coat in any store because they'll be putting out bathing suits and bermuda shorts.
According to the calendar, I have 17 days of Summer coming and I want them. The Valley League is over, the Orioles are 1,000 games out of first, the Suns will conclude their season this weekend, but I still want the warm days that are my due. I want to linger on the porch swing in shorts, not in flannel. I want to sleep with the windows open, not with the heat on. This early cold spell has me so disoriented that I see that I forgot to highlight "Publish" in the status window on this past Wednesday's blog, which is why there was none.
In any case, the following should help all of us linger a little longer in the summertime!
Haha, 1000 games? If you added up the past 12 seasons it probably would be close to that...
Posted by: Becky | September 04, 2009 at 04:23 PM
Bring on the hot stove league. We'll make it to the other side and before we know the daylight will be getting longer and the days warmer.
Posted by: Al Smith | September 06, 2009 at 09:54 PM