The weather has been gorgeous. Warm during the day (but not really hot!) and very cool at night. The days are getting shorter at an alarming rate, and I've done nothing fun that I couldn't do at any other time of year. So when the Spencer Picnic calls to action started coming across Facebook, I figured I had to go.
I've been here 13 years and haven't once gone.
The search for an adult who would go on rides was on. Gretchen and Brian decided they would be up for it, so we met there and had a great time on the Tilt-A-Whirl and the Scrambler. They went on the Gravitron, and I opted for the Ferris Wheel.
I haven't been on a ride in at least 20 years (maybe more) and I was pleasantly surprised that the old "tingle in the gut" that I'd long forgotten about, was still there. It was like running into someone who was once a good friend in your childhood, whose memory you'd long since dropped in favor of other important but far less pleasant events and people. $15 got enough tickets for four rides, and that was more than enough. What a blast.
On Friday a quick text from Gretchen brought us both up to the rooftop bar in Owego. Again I have not been there since spring. Time goes too fast.
I'm so mired down in work that I forget to do just these small things that make me feel like there is some sort of life off of a computer.
If you have forgotten as well, it's time to get out there and enjoy the summer and fall, before the snow flies again.
