R.I.P. Summer 2007

Is it over yet? I think it just about is? I want to throw this summer a send-off. I'm not going to miss it.

I've repeatedly said that this was "The Summer of Disappointment." And if you were in my shoes you'd probably agree with me.

In June we were supposed to go to Hersheypark/Lancaster. Things happened then so that I couldn't get rooms reserved, so we decided to try for Erie at the end of July.

Life and stupidity happened then, and the trip to Erie didn't happen either. Plus the Monday that we should have been away was when my father ended in the hospital. So it was probably a good thing that we didn't go in the long run.

My birthday was probably one of the only highlights of the summer and it holds something negative with it. On a plus, my nephew and I went to Kennywood and had a fantastic time. However a person I'm very close to fucked it up. I don't ask for much but when I get a present that says I'm given an I.O.U. for one day out, I don't want it to be a cheap ass dinner at Wheeling Island. Now don't get me wrong, I love the Islander Buffet at the casino, that's some good eats, but it wasn't where I wanted to go. Payback will happen, let me tell you. I have a hard time forgiving, and I forget nothing.

August saw my father back to the hospital for a heart cath that showed us nothing we hadn't been expecting, though the issues found are going to be helped with medications rather than additional surgeries. Thank god for that.

It also saw the end of my mother's wait for her new pacemaker. That surgery is scheduled for next Monday.

ARGH!

Which would have been when I was to have been in Atlantic City. I won't go there. That was another trip that wasn't meant to be. It's also part of the I need to learn to forgive things deal that I'm going through right now. I know it wasn't meant to be, and that part I can accept, there are other things though, that I can't, and I'm finding them hard to deal with.

Another part of the summer that was a plus, and lord knows there weren't many, was my trip to my brother's in Canton. It was a lovely weekend and I had a great time, even though the shadow of my father's heart cath made enjoying myself a guilty thing.

However the summer ended on a happy note. It needed to. The end of the season trip to Idlewild was just what I needed. I send out huge hugs to everyone at 99.3 The Pickle. (Possibly a few other naughty things...but never mind that) Yay for winning park tickets. Yay for having great fun, eating nummy food, and not scaring anyone in my bathing suit!

And yay for the Balloon Ride!!