Summer's Almost Gone.

The summer's almost gone, and I don't know why, but I feel wistful. There's something about an end of a season, a transition. I was thinking about that tonight when we passed by a local high school and a lot of the students were in some kind of orientation gathering, and I used to remember that exciting feeling of a new school year. Maybe I am just in an introspective mood, but then again, I always seem to be. We were at a all tonight and I felt sad while I was there, for a myriad of reasons, none of them I can totally verbalize. Maybe I am just emotional these days, and maybe the upcoming trip will really shake me out of this mood. It will be good, it promises to be. We have been invited now to some NCL sponsored Cruise Critic events - who knew they had them? Free drinks, that's always a welcome thing. And the temperatures over there aren't really summer-like (as opposed to the Med) because in some countries there are only highs in the mid 60s. I mean, at this point, I may need to pack some sweaters! But I will be monitoring them more closely next week, and hopefully, I would be able to make wise clothing decisions.

"That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem."
— Samuel Johnson