It is that time of year where us workers can tell summer is in the air.
Most workers have to figure out what to do with their kids. Teacher
friends get time off. Memorial day brings in these liaise fair kinda
feelings. We all feel that we don't want to be working when we could be
playing. Even TV takes a break during the summer, yet we tread on. I've
looked back at my past and can say that 5 out of my 7 seven jobs started
in the summer months. I think that is also when recruiters get desperate
themselves and tend to give raises to candidates. I suppose all of these
factors go into the "summer vacation". A way to get a taste of summer
and still be a worker. I am currently planning on 2 vacations this
summer, one to see the new baby and another to Cozumel. They should be
fun. The Cozumel trip might get postponed though if my ears don't heal
from the barotraumas. I see the doc tomorrow about it. As a teenager I
remember going on summer vacation up to Hillville PA and Newport RI.
They were our yearly stop-offs. The key in a successful, cheap, summer
vacation is to not stay at a hotel but with friends and family. My
favorite vacation had to be guitar camp though. I went to Austin and
took blues lessons for a whole week. It was nothing but guitar. One year
I am going to Seattle to do the Jimi Hendrix guitar camp. I just need to
plan it. There was a funny moment on stage at the guitar camp. It was
the last day and the students were given a chance to play a song on
stage, so I pick my favorite - "Along the Watchtower." and proceed to
plug in to one of their amps. I then start playing and don't realize
that the amp is turned off. Someone then turns it on while I am playing.
Then when I put the guitar over my head the plug falls out. Let's just
say that wasn't one of my best performances. Later that night we all
went out to a blues bar and I got up and played it the right way. I had
the crowd jamming along. That time I wrapped the cable around my guitar
and kept it in place. Ah, summer.

Thought of the Day
"So, has the summer of George begun? Or are you still decomposing?"
"Decompressing."
- Jerry and George, in "The Summer of George"

// posted by Brian @ 5/31/2006 01:59:00 PM