I'm beginning to think I subconsciously take the summers off from here. Almost as if I'm desperately trying to hold onto my childhood and bring some type of summer break to my life. Well, maybe that or maybe it's that every big work deadline seems to hit smack in the middle of summer.

How I'd rather have been here with you telling you in real time about the baseball game, the picnics with friends, the evenings spent grilling on the back porch, well you get the idea. The summer wasn't all work, but maybe that's what summer is intended to be as a grown up. Just allowing yourself to pause and enjoy those simple moments that may otherwise escape.

I hope you had a wonderful summer.