“There’s nothing you can’t do, now you’re in New York”
Ah, Labor Day weekend or as I like to call it, the official end of summer. Now I understand that summer technically lasts a few more weeks but growing up in Canfield, Ohio, summer ended with the Canfield Fair over Labor Day weekend. Always. We all know I hate summer, the heat is unbearable and there is nothing on television. The period between September and New Year’s is my favorite time of year so I’m jazzed.
With that said and with this very quiet three-day weekend I’m imposing on myself, I’ve decided to take a look back at this summer. It turns out, I did quite a lot. So here it goes, in no real order:
- Got a promotion…and a raise!
- Tried absinthe for the first and last time
- Smoked my last cigarette EVER (that’s going to be a shock to some of you. For the record, my last was only my 8th in my lifetime. Never doing it again though, for private reasons)
- Went to the Glee Live concert
- Went to Washington D.C. to see the Glee Concert Movie
- Went to Hyannis, MA to see the Glee Concert Movie
- Did not see said movie in New York.
- Met some pretty cool gay guys
- Met some sort of pretty cool straight guys who I mistook for being gay
- Unsuccessfully tried contacts, got awesome new glasses instead
- Got a hole in my bathroom and got it fixed
- Survived a hurricane
- Went to Coney Island for the first time
- Went to Bronx Zoo for the first time and saw 4 bears play in the water
- Discovered I want to live in Brooklyn Heights
- Saw Tim Lincecum pitch
- Think I passed Rex Ryan in Central Park
- Dyed my hair back to brown
- Went to my last midnight movie ever – Harry Potter, I love you but that was just painful
- Purchased the most expensive theater ticket I’ve ever gotten for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Attended Wicked in New York for the first time. Magical!
- Oooh, and saw a no-fly performance of Wicked for the first time!
- June fiscal year end – worked 12 days straight for over 10 hours each – I mentioned that promotion right?
- Took my first staycation – didn’t like it much
- Got to juggle auditors and budget data all on my own while my boss was on vacay
- Stood on the stage of the Colonial Theater completely by myself
- Mastered the American Idiot album on Rock Band – Medium level
- Opened a Lord & Taylor credit card account – Bad Nicki
- Got the most awesome pair of shoes ever from … Lord & Taylor
- Gained too much weight – eesh
- Started singing again, much to the dismay of my neighbors
- Finished Battlestar Galactica
- Graciously agreed to go double or nothing on this year’s NFL bet. You know who you are, you better bring it!
- Spent more time on buses than is healthy
- Saw a lot of movies, best one was definitely The Help
- Celebrated my one-year anniversary of moving to New York with a rent-increase crisis over Memorial Day weekend.
- Realized that I don’t have to have everything figured out just yet.
Overall, a good summer that went pretty fast. Now it’s time for it to be over. I want the fall weather. Football starts on Thursday. My TV shows start in a couple of weeks and before I know it, it will be time to start planning for the pumpkin carving contest at work.
Happy Fall Everyone!!!
oh, I’m bringing it alright . . it is on like donkey kong, girl . . . Lord & Taylor? You cannot be serious—-you’ll be praying to both of them when the postman rings twice . . . . Hey, Brooklyn Heights alright; of course you know that is where Patty Lane (The Patty Duke Show) lives!! Gotta listen to the theme song to know that. . . enjoyed reading your list . .. this summer i went to the Climax Sorghum Festival . . . of course we all cant say that now can we.
Happy fall!
That Colonial Theater factoid is pretty cool!