Summer's Almost Over (Again)
Loudon Wainwright III is probably best known for his haunting ballad "Dead Skunk" but he has another song that has stuck with me for 30 years now. It is called "Summer's Almost Over"
Summer's almost over,
fading like a tan.
Summer time is running out
like an unplugged fan.
Our summer has gone quickly.
We went to a Rome Braves games the Sunday before Memorial Day. The Rome Braves are the Class A affliate of the Atlanta Braves. A great seat in Rome costs $10. Rome played the Columbus Catfish that day and I kept score for the first time. Keeping score makes you focus on the game instead of everything else. Rome won. Their shortstop is an 18 year old named Elvis. Honest.
In June, Ben went to church camp and Lori and I did what any Deacon and his wife would do: we
went Las Vegas. Our Las Vegas trip is another post, but I will say that it is the only place I know of where people smoke inside and drink outside.
In July, we walked in the Marietta 4th of July parade as a "friend" of John Crooks, who is Minister of Getting The Bills Paid at RSBC and he is running for a seat on the Cobb County school board. I think John had about 100 "friends", with maybe six living in his district. It was fun walking in the parade.
The primary election was last week. While John received the most votes, he did not get over 50% so he is in a run-off with the incumbent, who for some reason, does not return phone calls to the Marietta Daily Journal.
Other than that, this summer has been hot. The Braves have been hot and cold. "The Pirates Of
The Caribbean" was so cool it was hot. My new air conditioner is cool. My truck is hot because my air conditioner in it doesn't work so hot.
Summer just doesn't last long enough.
Summer's almost over,
fading like a tan.
Summer time is running out
like an unplugged fan.
Our summer has gone quickly.
We went to a Rome Braves games the Sunday before Memorial Day. The Rome Braves are the Class A affliate of the Atlanta Braves. A great seat in Rome costs $10. Rome played the Columbus Catfish that day and I kept score for the first time. Keeping score makes you focus on the game instead of everything else. Rome won. Their shortstop is an 18 year old named Elvis. Honest.
In June, Ben went to church camp and Lori and I did what any Deacon and his wife would do: we
went Las Vegas. Our Las Vegas trip is another post, but I will say that it is the only place I know of where people smoke inside and drink outside.
In July, we walked in the Marietta 4th of July parade as a "friend" of John Crooks, who is Minister of Getting The Bills Paid at RSBC and he is running for a seat on the Cobb County school board. I think John had about 100 "friends", with maybe six living in his district. It was fun walking in the parade.
The primary election was last week. While John received the most votes, he did not get over 50% so he is in a run-off with the incumbent, who for some reason, does not return phone calls to the Marietta Daily Journal.
Other than that, this summer has been hot. The Braves have been hot and cold. "The Pirates Of
The Caribbean" was so cool it was hot. My new air conditioner is cool. My truck is hot because my air conditioner in it doesn't work so hot.
Summer just doesn't last long enough.
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