Blowin' Up

The 4th. It's come and gone.

When I was a kid, this always seemed like the halfway point for summer break. At this point, we had been out of school for a month and a half and the end of August was closing in. Maybe those same apprehensive feelings surround me still at this time of the year. They shouldn't. It was worlds away from the stress of adulthood. Although, memories of two-a-days always seem to swarm me on muggy summer mornings. Man, I hated two-a-days.

We got to watch the infamous Red, White & Boom fireworks on the 32nd floor of the LeVeque Tower Thursday night. It was a good start to the long weekend. Spent Friday in Dublin at my aunt and uncle's house, then off to the west side of Cincinnati for dinner Saturday. We ended the whirlwind tour of Central and Southwest Ohio in Piqua. We got to hang out with Lauren, my brother and Leslie. Lauren keeps getting cuter. She was a lot of fun. It had been a while since we'd seen her last. She got big. And then it was back to Columbus... tired and ready for bed.

Summer never seems to relent. Seems like there's something going on every weekend. People scurrying to take advantage of the warm weather. I know our summer isn't slowing down anytime soon.