Well, I am working through the summer for the first time in 15 years, having moved from public school teaching to full time writing and now into teaching in a nonprofit.
It's definitely an adjustment, but I'm really appreciating summer in the city despite the fact that my days are not as crammed with leisure as I might otherwise like. (Especially given the fact that my SSIGWJLAH wife and awesome kids gave me a bunch of great books yesterday for Father's Day that I would quite enjoy curling up with right now. Or after I beat the last boss on House of the Dead 3. I've thought for a while that Tedious Boss Battle might be a good name for something--maybe my next novel. In my admittedly limited video game experience, boss battles are always tedious.)
Anyway, here are some good things about summer in Boston.
1.) The students are gone! Gone, I say! Yes, we love the money they bring into our local economy, and yes, they are the leaders of the future, but, as a group, college students are very very annoying. I say this as a former college student now ashamed of how very annoying I was at the time. People of Philadelphia! I apologize for having been annoying, lo these many years ago. Please know that I am reaping the karmic whirlwind by living in Boston. (Though, to be honest, I'm usually in bed before the Children of the Night even hit the town. But still.)
2.) Everybody else leaves for the weekend. People go down to the Cape or wherever they go, leaving the restaurants open for easy access, the streets devoid of traffic--basically it turns the city into a fun, nonthreatening version of the beginning of 28 Days Later or I am Legend. You can do anything on summer weekends with no waiting! Sweet!
3.)Youth soccer is over. Ahhhhhhhhh....
