It really can't be, can it?
It's been a weird summer, as we all know, one that hasn't really felt like “summer” thanks to the fire haze, sometimes violently wet weather we've had, and the temperatures that have sometimes fluctuated 40 degrees in one day. (Although thankfully yesterday, our “ripple” day out at Lake Michigamme, was quite nice). So I'm not quite sure how I feel about something I've been working on this past week--
I've been working on high school football broadcasts on our Rockin' Eagle station, which starts next Thursday...six days from today.
Yup; one of the most cherished of American fall tradition kicks off in a mere six days when the high school football season gets into gear. I haven't really had the chance to fully enjoy summer yet, and apparently the season has just passed us by.
Why, oh summer, why???
Even though it doesn't seem like it's even begun I'm in no way ready for summer to end. It seems, at least to me, like it just started. It seems, at least to me, that I've just finally started to thaw out from the winter we just lived through. It seems, at least to me, like we should be, at the most, halfway through the most glorious season of the year.
But alas, that's not the case. The sun no longer sets at 10pm nor rises before 6am. The flowers that bloomed in polychromatic majesty are now drying up. And if you look closely, you'll notice that leaves on trees aren't quite as green as they used to be.
In fact, in some cases they're orange or red. And no matter how much you try to ignore that their numbers just keep growing and growing.
So I probably shouldn't be surprised that high school football season starts in less than a week. Pretty soon it'll be joined by a crisp feeling in the air, leaves falling, and that inevitable day when the first flakes pop up in the air. Even though it seems like summer just started, we all know we're closer to the first day of snow than we are the first day of summer.
The beginning of high school football season is, sadly, just another reminder of that.
Have a great weekend. Due to corporate holidays I have Monday off, so back with something new Tuesday!
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