Well now – summer, 2018 is halfway gone. I know. I know how loathed I am by people when I point that fact out, but tis true.
Q: What did I learn this summer so far?
A: Don’t visit Florida in July. Far too humid.
It was
the summer of
Orlando, Florida.
It was the summer of
National Federation of the Blind conventions,
jitters of the first-timers, and memories made.
A group of members left Canada (from the Canadian version of the NFB) and spent a 4th of July (Independence Day) in one of the states of the union. From a distance, fireworks could be heard, after one of the many downpours came and went just as quickly.
My summer really started on that cloudy Wednesday.
It’s been the summer of seminars, speeches, and banquets, which included one free palm read.
An early morning solo swim, where the night before the pool deck, dark and silent, held a certain charm of its own.
Airplanes and the world’s quickest flight home.
My summer has now included a chest cold and a shattered iPhone screen, tire driven over, when I did not secure it safely inside my purse, but I now listen more closely to the rhythm of my heart.
Halfway through the summer and another FTSF with host Kristi and co-host
Kenya G. Johnson
of Sporadically Yours.
Next up: autumn, my favourite of all seasons, though this summer hasn’t been half bad.
Her Headache 
A fun and memorable summer you’re having! Well the cell phone shattering and having a chest cold don’t sound fun but I’ll bet the shattered phone is memorable because I can remember each time I’ve shattered one of mine. Here’s to more awesome memories for the rest of the summer – I can’t believe it’s halfway gone either. Gulp.
Gulp is right.
I once dropped my phone in the water on vacation in Orlando at Disney a few years back. Plus, we go to Disney World pretty much every summer more in July than August. And I also had a chest cold this past summer, as well. So, on those points, I could most definitely relate to your summer thus far!
So you get what I’m saying.
Disney – Orlando was where I went on my honeymoon in AUGUST. It almost made me hate the wedding date we chose. I’m not a fan of summer. Sorry for your chest cold and iPhone shattering. That stinks!
Sounds like fun.
You have had some amazing adventures this summer!
Heat and humidity are not favorites of mine either.
Your early morning swim must of been great.
What did you think of the palm read? Amused? Scared?
Yikes to the shattered phone screen!
Waiting to see more of the wonderful things you are accomplishing with your life!
Felt a little strange, as I hadn’t had one done since I was a kid, as a game then. Memorable for sure. Thanks Pat.
Oooh I cringed when I read about the phone!!! And Autumn is my favorite season too.
I cringe too. Aw, fall can’t come soon enough for me. Thanks for reading.
hH yes, summer is halfway through already. I’m glad you learned a few things. I a also glad you liked the NFB convention. I want to go there someday too, but being on another continent makes that quite hard.
Thanks for reading. Where do you live? Nice to get a comment, on my blog here, from someone who knows something about the NFB convention.
Orlando during the summer can most definitely be a beast! If you live here you learn to navigate around it…and just live with it, I suppose.
It was still an unforgettable trip. Ontario in the summer is no picnic either.
Noted! And you’ll have to come back and experience The City Beautiful a different time of year.
I have been before, in December and in March. Christmas time is always fun to visit a place like Florida, Disney for instance.