This blog is in two parts only because it was started before it could be published...and as you will read below, the only thing that remains the same is "change"...Part I:
The last vacation of the summer is over...school is now in full swing with relief of not having to pay summer camp tuition any longer...but at the same time resisting the end of summer with full force! My weekends are now spent at the pool trying to maintain the tan and beach body I spent all spring and summer working on, crossing my fingers that teachers don't assign too much homework to my 10 year old, and drinking as many margaritas and rum drinks my cardio sessions can "work off". It seems like only yesterday I was planning, scheming, working out and depriving myself of carbs to get ready for my long anticipated cruise to the Bahamas & Key West. That amazing vacation came and went, little league baseball ended, scout summer camp and family barbecues are now documented with digital images on Facebook, the Olympics are over, and finally our final summer trip with our closest friends was spent cruising around a lazy river in a tube, listening to Radio Margaritaville with boat drinks in hand. It was an unforgettable summer, but that's the problem...I don't want to forget and I don't want it to end!
Don't get me wrong, I am excited about the start of football season...the Saints, LSU and a good excuse to drink beer and eat nachos and pizza...but to put it simply, that's about it. I used to love Thanksgiving, Christmas, colder weather and my Eddie Bauer clothing collection that I only got to wear when the temps were below 40 degrees...but to quote Jimmy Buffett, I guess "I'm growing older, but not up"! Nowadays, I don't really mind the sweltering heat, sweating profusely at a baseball game or longing to jump in the pool after a hard workout. Maybe it's because I missed out on those careless days of crazy spring breaks in Panama City Beach and sneaking out to Bourbon Street as a youth...or maybe I'm just becoming a "snow bird"...way too early? I guess it really doesn't matter because as life goes on, everyone goes through some form of "change" in one way or another. It may be a change from the way I felt...or the way I thought I was supposed to be so many years ago...but I feel like I truly belong on the "Coast of Somewhere Beautiful"...like I am meant to be thriving on a sun-soaked, sandy beach, blue water island somewhere in the Caribbean. I long for it day and night...and though I live in a sub-tropical climate near the Gulf Coast and thankfully, not in a northern frozen wasteland...it's still not nearly "paradise". I now find myself each year running out of summertime, like a child throwing a tantrum...kicking and screaming!
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