Summer's End

Someone reminded me yesterday that Labor Day is next weekend. Summer will be drawing to an end and I never even knew it began. I'm in a panic because with only one week left here are all the traditional summertime activities I still need to do:

• Lay on my back and look up at the summer clouds. When I was a kid I'd see all sorts of monsters and creatures in the clouds. Now everything looks like a phallic symbol.
• Camp out in the backyard in my sleeping bag. Tara (childhood dog) use to sleep out with me and crawl to the bottom of the bag. If Truffle wants to do the same I'll have to zip 2 bags together because we're both too plump for reminiscing.
• Sit under a shade tree and read Archie comic books. I just love, Ronnie. She's kind of reminds me of Julie until she speaks - Veronica that is.
• Decorate my bike for the 4th of July. Okay, so the 4th of July was last month; I'll put my Schwinn Tiger in storage and she'll be already for next year.
• Play home run derby - right after I cut the grass.
• Buy a pack of baseball cards. I think I've got $5 bucks laying around somewhere.
• Play kick-the-can. If I could only remember the names of my neighbors I could ask them to play. Olly olly oxen free!
• Play a game of marbles for keepsies. I'm talking high stakes marbles where we roll nothing but Bumble Bee or Puresie boulders - no Cat's-Eyes in this game!
• Oil my baseball glove. I love the smell of oiled leather in the morning...it smells like victory.
• Go to the drive-in movies. Do you think they'd arrest me for trespassing if I mentioned I was just being nostalgic?
• Jump off a swing in mid-air. I think my health insurance is paid up.
• Look up at the midnight sky for shooting stars. Reminder to self: "Don't forget your glasses."
• Go to Battery Park and order a pint of Beansie's French Fries. I can still do that, but who wants to mainline cholesterol?
• Fall down on the sidewalk and scrape my knee. I can still do that.

Gosh, where did the summer go? Where did the years go? Oh, well, no time for feeling blue. I've got a busy week ahead!