Ha! What a joke! Those might be the words of Will Smith back in his studio recordin days post DJ Jazzy Jeff but that sho ain't the way the Floyd Melton family is rolling these days. Geez....I only wish I could sit back and unwind...This summertime business is serious stuff. I mean BUSYness. I really am optimistic here when I say I'd like to find time to recap what on Earth we have been up to since the school bell rang for the last time in May but I'm afraid it ain't happnin anytime soon. I guess a brief run down goes something like this:
2-3 nights a week of kid pitch baseball games at Stribling Park...(the season has ended but All Star Game still lingers....NEXT weekend)......
Sports Camps: tennis, baseball, football and golf.....
Swim stroke lessons....
Mine and Anne Craig's birthday celebrations....
A few trips to Moon Lake which is always great fun....
A couple of trips to the movie theater here and there....
Mine and Floyd's 20 YEAR class reunion (one event at our house I might ad)....
Bible Schools....
Floyd IV's trip to Fort Knox, Kentucky with Moms and Grandad for Big Floyd's Vietnam Batillion Reunion....
Craig and Cary's opening of their new venture Montage Marketplace in Gville which is totally fabulous I might ad....
Tennis tennis and more tennis....I for one am playing again and Lil Floyd played in his first tennis tournament and continues to play in 2 junior leagues locally....
SHWEW....and that's just end of May/June....July is slammed as well with trips to Fairhope and the beach, the Bar Convention at Sandestin, Floyd IV's venture to Strong River Camp and Farm, a visit from the McLean Trotter family to Greenwood, CATS at the Orpheum, soccer camp, Etiquette Classes, Greenwood Little Theater Summer Workshop, and maybe just maybe one more Bible school...As I sit and type this insanity into words maybe just maybe we are TOOOO busy. Ya think? Honestly, sad to admit...we know no differenty and that's ok (I guess)
Well, in case you have been living under a rock, the movie The Help is about to begin filming here and it's been so fun seeing a lot of Dreamworks folks descend upon our little town. One of the directors is living across the street from us. He is actually an old fraternity brother of Floyd's who is originally from Jackson, MS. Needless to say Greenwood is buzzing with excitement. Like my friend Keetha says, "...everyone seems to have some sort of story about The Movie People" http://www.keetha.com/ And she's right!
Well, that about sums things up at the moment I suppose....Bring on July which is guaranteed to be just as eventful but maybe with a little less pace...ha! I do hope to blog post on each exciting event we have encountered this summer since this is actually my "scrapbook of sorts". It may be August when I'm back at work and have more "desk" time that that actually takes place and that's ok. Right? Right!
It's hot! and I do mean hot! I think we are watering the yard at some point 24 hours a day just to keep it from turning brown.
Smile....life is good! Peace out! Oh and enjoy the SUMMERTIME
IHGB #342: The Tortured Poets Department
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