2nd Last Summer

I get another one- a second last summer in Atlanta.  While this wasn't part of the plan, it is something that worked out just perfectly :)  Atlanta, while hot as the 9th level of hell in the summer, is fabulous.  When I was in DC and people would ask my what I was doing after my internship, my answer was "I'm going back to Atlanta!".  Many times, this was followed with a "Why?  What's so great about Atlanta?"

What isn't great about Atlanta (besides the oppressive heat)?  It's a city of neighborhoods, I know my way around without a GPS (most of the time), I know people here, and the biggest draw- people know me!  And of course, let's not forget about summer league.  I mean really.  So, that's why I came back, and the fact that I don't have anywhere to live in Wyoming until August 1st.  So, job has been acquired and started, summer league team is happening, and mini-vacations have been planned.  I'm working at my preschool from 8-4 with the elementary aged kids, working out, playing summer league, and just enjoying life.  I'm playing summer league (let's be serious here... Atlanta has the best summer league in the country) with Stranger Danger again, and we've picked up some Auburn kids, so that should be interesting and fun.  I'm flying to Poultry Days on Friday, playing in SMUT the last weekend in June, playing in both summer league tournaments, getting to visit my bro in Knoxville some (he lives there now!), and going to Portland for the National Council for Geography Education (NCGE) conference the first week in August.  That's a pretty jam-packed summer, and I'm good with it :)  I am a little sad to miss my mom's family's annual crawfish boil this year, but it's the same weekend as Pdays, and there are very few things I'll miss Pdays for.  Besides, Pdays is my other family reunion.

So... good 2nd last summer.  All this will end on August 15 when I start the drive back to Laramie, with stops in Dyersburg and Kansas City.  It'll be good to be back though- I'm learning that's where my life is these days.  All the reasons I left still exist, so it's a blessing and a curse.  But, if I have to spend the summer somewhere before joining life again, Atlanta is the best place to take a 3 month vaca from it :)