urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:elfundeb Elfin observations bound to obey and serve 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:elfundeb:3751 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z My friends and I have traditionally held and end-of-summer cookout for our families. It nearly didn't happen this year, but a telephone call at 4:30 p.m. yesterday led to an inventory of everyone's refrigerator shelves and by 6:30 we were all assembled and busy conjuring up ways to cook our pooled groceries. A wonderful time was had by all, and I've managed to avoid the end-of-summer blues. At least so far. This afternoon may be gloomy, between the edges of Frances (it's a Texas-sized storm, after all) taking away our Labor Day sunshine and the final preparations for the first day of school tomorrow. But for now I feel relaxed and happy. It was a good summer, and the family is spending the last day together. If it's too cool and cloudy for the pool, we'll take a family bike ride instead.<br /><br />This is not a proper update. A proper update would provide some kind of clue as to what my good summer consisted of. <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_alpheratz' lj:user='alpheratz' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://alpheratz.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://alpheratz.livejournal.com/'><b>alpheratz</b></a></span> chided me at least a month ago for not updating more frequently, and look how long it's taken me to write just a couple of short paragraphs. It's just that I don't ever write anything personal until all my work is done, and of course my work is <i>never</i> done. ::sigh:: <br /><br />Soon. I promise.