Summer is dead

[elSicomoro]

And so, with an incredible whimper (at least in this part of the US), summer died today. Tomorrow morning, thousands of Philadelphians will modify their routines to take the kids to school. Kids will gather around bus stops to take the SEPTA 4XX buses to their schools. Yellow buses will be prevalent around town. Kids and their teachers will begin flocking en masse back to the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall.

This summer just went by so damned fast...the fastest I can recall. Three months ago, I was newly unemployed, planning a day at the beach at Belmar before all the tourists showed up. Now, I've been at the same assignment almost 3 months, Rho is working again, my mom will be here in 6 weeks, and we're planning a trip to Boston for my cousin's wedding.

So, if I were still in school, and asked what I did during my summer, you would get this:

--Got fired, spent two weeks jerking off.
--Watched ridiculous amounts of the Discovery Channel, MSNBC, and TLC.
--Drove the Garden State Parkway from Belmar to Cape May, NJ. Saw a big-ass forest fire. Played on the beaches.
--Drove to NYC...spent a day in Brooklyn.
--Started working at an assignment in Center City Philadelphia (actually, Old City). It sucked ass at first, but it's alright for the moment.
--Spent a weekend with my in-laws. My mother-in-law is just...different.
--Cleaned off the computer table. Threw all the crap in a box...still haven't touched it, but the table has been clean now for almost a month.
--Applied to about 30 jobs. Have received about 5 or 6 calls. Two interviews later this week...whoohoo!

So...what did you other folks do? It had to be better than mine.