Post-Summer Mode

A couple weeks ago, summer officially ended. But for me, summer officially ended yesterday, when the Sox were eliminated from the postseason by the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays. And normally, this would be a somewhat depressing time for me, but actually, I'm still feeling rather upbeat right now. In fact, you might even say I'm downright jolly, and I'm not even sure why.

One thing is that for the first time in a long time, I don't really have anything big planned in the coming weeks/months. No vacations, no weddings, big parties, etc. Even at work, things have slowed down considerably lately, and church activities are settling down as well. I can't even remember the last time I could say that nothing big is coming up, which I guess speaks volumes on how busy I have been in the past year.

Most of us, at least I think, typically like to have something to "look forward" to, and I'm no different. But at the moment, I'm perfectly happy and content to have a (relatively) open calendar in front of me. It gives me time to catch up and reload, and I'll gladly take it and run, especially because I'm pretty sure that I'll be swamped again before I know it.

So in the coming days, I plan on doing just that - catching up on the summer I had and reflecting on stuff as I have always loved to do in this blog. I have to say that overall, it was a phenomenal time for me and memorable in many ways. Last night, I started to go through some of the pictures I took over the past few months, and was completely blown away by how much stuff I did in this time. And that's just the activities that I was able to capture on camera. Another example of why it's nice to have this time to catch up with myself, both mentally and physically.