A LOST SUMMER OVERVIEW...

It may have been a different summer, but I made the best of it as I could...

This past summer was as very strange as anything; come to think of it, most people would think that there was hardly even a summer at all. However, people such as I have tried to make as best of this summer as we ever could throughout this pandemic. Meanwhile, those scientists better hurry up quick with the vaccine if we want to have our summer back again! (Kidding, of course…)
       Ever since I had been furloughed from my job as a food service cleaner, I have been given as much free time as I probably shouldn’t have; nevertheless, I had spent that free time this summer doing what I love to do best: Writing stuff, and creating things on Canva! (By the way, if you would like to learn more about Canva, then may I suggest that you go to this link right here: www.canva.com!) Anyway, I had a rather good time this summer writing flash-fiction stories and essays; I even held a wedding of some sort for couples whose own weddings have been impacted by COVID-19! And yes, I created a Wattpad story or two or three…
       In late July, I have given myself two weeks to practice my writing, and throughout that time, I became pretty good at it while also having fun at the very same time; You know, sometimes you have to keep practicing at something in order to be good at it, so it looks like I had no trouble in my writing practice. As the saying goes, “Practice Makes Perfect”!

       One of my favorite places to visit, the Dover Public Library, was closed back in March as a way to help prevent the spread of COVID-19; Earlier they had announced that they would reopen in August, which happens to be this month, and I was so happy that they would finally reopen after being closed for so many months. Unfortunately, I got word that the library had delayed its opening, and that they would delay its opening until whatever date they could ever set in reopening! I was so upset by this decision that I told them about it via Facebook; they replied to me that they would determine on a real reopening when the city or state has a meeting in September. And I am hoping that they would get busy afterward and reopen soon, because I cannot wait any longer!
       In the meantime, I had to find something else for me to write in a quiet place; I had found those bench tables at the North Dover Center in Dover, DE (that’s the place where Acme once was), and until the library ever reopens, that is where I would go to write something, be it a blog post or a story or whatever.
       There is a reason why the month of August has been quite strange this year; First, there is absolutely NO preseason football this year. And second, there is no preseason college football either. And I do not think that people are going to be traveling on Labor Day weekend this year at all. They could go to other places, such as the mall or the park, but the Labor Day weekend vacation is a no-go this year. Way to end summer on a sour note, kids.

       All of those things aside, this entire summer has surely been different from any summer we have experienced in past years. I have no idea if there is going to be a next year, but I hope that in the next summer, just one summer from now, by the time everyone is vaccinated from COVID-19, we would finally have the joy of summer back in our lives once again.

               ©2020 Jenn Webster

Author's Note

What do you think of my thoughts on the different summer I had so far? Please let me know-Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!-JW