This has been a strange summer, like all the summers since the Pandemic. Some summers you feel like you have seized the day and spent the best times you can in the weather and activities...and sometimes you feel like you lost opportunities or just did not take advantage of the opportunities and now the summer is gone. Its more of a feeling than a reality most times.
This year, I am not sure if its more a feeling or reality. We had some heatwaves and that stifled some outdoor plans. We had obligations that were obstructing some plans.
And yet---we DID enjoy a wonderful vacation on Cape Cod. We were at a wonderful house, we all got along, and relaxed and did (almost) everything we wanted to do! We did enjoy the beach, the sun, the fun, each other. We DID go to Canobie Lake and celebrate the Fourth of July. We DID go to a Pool Party! We DID go to a Sci-Fi/Comic Convention and have fun!
But--that was mid-July, which seems SO far away now...and while things are starting to become a "new normal" re the Pandemic, there was still issues with supplies, staff shortages, gas prices, etc. that made certain activities still unattainable.
Still---2022 seems to have gone by so fast and school approaches and I find myself trying to deal with the truth that we are all getting older, and not necessarily wiser.
I haven't started lamenting the last gasps of summer yet, and perhaps this year I will not. Perhaps its a year to embrace the Fall (like I used to). Time to enjoy the air getting colder, the leaves (although the heat wave may affect the colors this year), the pumpkins, the autumn of Willow's FRESHMAN year....
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This week has been a meeting of old friends...my friend Nancy was here for a wedding, and after 30 YEARS, we met in person. It is strange to think about 30 years ago and how we were and what we were doing...sometimes it seems like a fog filled misty memory/dream. And then you meet your friend, who has not really changed her uniqueness at all. It surprises you (and yet doesn't) how much she reminds you of the times in college. It was a hard time for me in a lot of ways, and she made it so much easier. I did not always "get" her, but I always knew I had a friend, a person who would be there for me.
Unfortunately, she left school later on to other pursuits, but she was the reason I found my footing in college and away from home. She is also the reason I joined the Star Trek club at college...and met my future husband....
Ghost Tour in Boston with Nancy and her family...
My family waiting for the tour to start.
Nancy and I on the Ghost Trolley
Our Ghost Host!
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Today, we met up with Willow's friend Kayla and her mom. Before 2020, we got together a lot...but its been harder the past few years, and this year, even with restrictions easing, it just has not been in the cards for us to get together....to finally meet up and have time with our friends...it reminded me that we also have the here and now to be a part of.
So, these girls....
Are going to HIGH SCHOOL now....
Memories are nice. But MAKING memories is also important.
SO, I am going to seize the time left in this year...and make some good ones!!
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