Last Day of Summer

Labor Day really does feel like the last day of summer. It always was for us growing up; back in the day, the first day of school was always the day after Labor Day. And now that I've finally returned to a climate with four, traditional, seasons (vs the two Texas seasons: hot, and unseasonably warm) the days are already a little cooler, with breezes blowing most days, and you can tell autumn is right around the corner. When we get back from our beach vay-cay, I'm sure autumn will be in full swing.

So, what did we do our last weekend of summer? It was either a non-stop-GO day, or a totally worthless lazy day. But here's what made it really feel like the end of summer:

- We watched the opening weekend of college football, for like 20 hrs.
- We shopped the summer clearance clothing racks, not because we're cheap (well, we are cheap), but because I decided 2 days ago I was going to make everyone get sort of matching (color-wise) outfits for family beach pictures. My apologies to everyone who scrambled. I was scrambling, too.
- I harvested my basil and made pesto for the winter.
- My garden is kaput. We had a pretty disappointing harvest this year, despite the improved soil and irrigation. The squash beetles were really bad, and killed my two HUGE squash plants midway through the season. And I always get a bum tomato plant; this year it was the yellow cherry.
- Jordan and Jamie both mentioned it getting dark earlier. I've been noticing this for a while because Jacob sleeps with the sun, and he's been sleeping in a lot later.
- When I left Albertson's the other morning, the air smelled like roasting chiles. Yum!!

It's kind of nice to have our big vacation at the end of summer; kind of stretches it out a little bit. It's our last year to have such a long summer, Jordan starts kindergarten next year. I feel like we really made the most out of this one.