WHERE EXACTLY DID THE WARM WEATHER GO?

I REALIZE THAT THERE ARE MANY LOVERS OF FALL, BUT FOR THIS SPARTAN, I'M LONGING FOR A SUNNY HOT AND HUMID DAY. I'M MISSING THE BEACH, I'M MISSING LITTLE GNATS BUZZING AROUND MY EARS, AND I'M TOTALLY MISSING SMELLING LIKE A GOAT AFTER BEING OUTSIDE FOR MORE THAN 4 HOURS.

I'M ALSO FEELING LIKE I NEED A VACATION - NOT BECAUSE I'M TIRED, NOR OVERDUE -BUT EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND, SOMEONE IS GOING AWAY, AND THAT SOMEONE IS NOT ME!

FIRST IT WAS MORRY, USING THE OLD WORK EXCUSE AND RUNNING OF TO COLORADO, THEN CHINA, AND I DO BELIEVE ONE OF THE CAROLINAS. THEN CAROLYN HAS TO JUMP IN AND DECIDE TO JET OFF TO SCOTLAND (WHERE SHE WILL HOPEFULLY FIND THIS SPARTAN A PLAID SHOTGLASS TO ADD TO THE GALLERY) INSULT TO INJURY CAME WHEN I WAS LEFT HOLDING THE BAG (OR SHOULD I SAY CAT?) WHILE AMY MCQUEENIE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO GO CAMPING IN HER NEW SPIFFY LITTLE RV. WHEN A DOG GETS TO GO TO ACADIA TO CAMP, AND A SPARTAN IS LEFT HOME CAT SITTING FOR THE LITTLE SISTER, YOU HAVE TO SCRATCH YOUR HEAD AND SAY "YIKES"

GO AHEAD ALL YOU SPARTAN'S - ABANDON ME - SEE IF I CARE - I'LL CRY OVER COFFEE WITH GINGER (WHO WILL WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH ME EXCEPT TO HAVE ME CLEAN HER LITTER BOX, FEED HER, AND LET HER OUT WHICH SHE CANNOT DO)

BUT IT'S OK, I'LL BE FINE, EVEN THOUGH I'LL JUST SIT AND WALLOW IN MY SORROW ON SUNDAY IN FOXBORO, WATCHING MATT CASSEL WIPE MIAMI'S BUTT ALL OVER FOXBORO, SPENDING MY 296 IN "POINTS" THAT WERE EARNED IN THE IBM POOL, KNOWING THAT WHEN I COME HOME FROM THE GAME MY TWO FUZZY LITTLE CHILDREN WILL GREET ME, AND I SHALL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL THAT THEY DID NOT DECIDE TO GO ON VACATION WITH OUT ME! (THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO FEED THEM OR CLEAN THEIR LITTER BOXES....THEY'RE NO DOPES!)

SNIFF, SNIFF, WALLOW, WALLOW, I HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A GOOD TIME...........