The End Is Here

The heat is not over, but summer vacation is. School (work for me,) starts tomorrow. Gone are the days of sleeping in until 8:30 am. Gone are the days of spending all day running errands and cleaning house. (So much for the lazy days of summer.) Tomorrow I trade my teenagers for a school full of someone else's teenagers.

This time of year always reminds me of when I was in school and the excitement of the first day of school. In the grade school years the teachers always asked us to write what we did over the summer. I had a large family, and my dad worked long hours in the summer as a log truck driver, so I rarely had anything to write about. I wonder what I would write about this summer...

This summer I was in a small car accident. At first I didn't think I was hurt, but the next day I had headaches and neck pain. I was told low impact accidents were notorious for whip lash. I spent all summer in Physical Therapy, three times a week for about 2 hours each appointment. I got my car repaired. It only took a month to repair. My neck is still a little sore after 3 months.

I got to go to Michigan. It was beautiful there. I grew up in Oregon and miss the trees since coming to Utah. Michigan has lots of trees. The weather was also cool while we were there. It has been a record breaking summer for all of the heat we have had in Utah this year.

The rest of my summer was spent working on, or watching my husband work on the remodel project we started on our home and our yard last winter.

That is how I spent my summer.

I am looking forward to my favorite time of year...fall. I love the cooler weather and the changing colors of the leaves in the mountains. Utah may not have as many trees as Oregon, but there are still enough trees in the mountains to make for a beautiful fall.

How did you spend your summer?