I Survived Summer 2010

So where's my t-shirt, dammit?

Here I am at 10:30 pm on Labor Day, fully exhausted from an amazing holiday weekend. I mean, I embarked on a 12 destination bar crawl of Asbury Park last night, then spent this afternoon on the beach. It was a great weekend.

As I was enjoying the ocean breeze and sunshine today, I realized something: summer is over, and I'm still here. I survived this summer!

While there are still things that I'm working out on my own with regards to the breakup with BBE, I didn't spend the summer crying over it. The new job has been nothing short of exhausting, but I'm learning every day and powering through epic interviewing sessions. (I once did 14 interviews in four hours...holy crap) I bar crawled in Asbury Park, saw a show in Atlantic City, partied in the Village, spent some time in Philadelphia, went to a drum corps show up in North Jersey, helped paint a kitchen down in South Jersey, took a half day field trip to downtown Newark, went outlet shopping in upstate New York...all during the hottest summer on record.

The heat may have kicked everyone's asses, but I owned this summer.

And now it's September. It's getting cooler at night, football season is underway, everyone's going back to school, and my 10 year high school reunion is in less than a week. That is frightening and sobering - but true. And I'll get to walk in to that reunion on Saturday with a killer dress and a winning smile. The past 10 years haven't been easy, but just like this summer, I survived it.

Ouch - I think I'm sunburnt. I'll assess that damage tomorrow. I'll consider it a small and final sacrifice to the gods of summer!