Wrapping Up Summer

As hard I try I find most weeks there really isn't balance between work and personal responsibilities. The week I am satisfied with how clean I've kept my apartment, exercised, played with the dog and made time for family and friends; well, honestly, work was just basic work. Yet the weeks when I have great accomplishments at work, including looking ahead and scheduling future projects, I find laundry doesn't get done. Or there are dishes in the sink or just some pile of unattended to paperwork all over the desk. But so what? I've found that is how I balance, not day to day, not even week to week. Just sometimes more effort is needed at work, other times at home.

We're all busy. And I'm finding that summer is actually ending just as busy as it began. I remember summer starting out with events every weekend. Now the same is happening. After this upcoming Labor Day Holiday, every weekend in September I have a charity event or two I'm planning to attend. Now that I think about it, the list moves into October. I'll be building another scarecrow out at Plasko's Farm in Trumbull and eating cider donuts before I realize summer is over. And wait a minute, I still never took that Spring Break! Oh, no, I never made it out to Jones Family Farms before blueberry season was over. But pumpkin pickin' is right around the corner there. Oooh- but if you hurry out to Silverman's Farm peach picking runs through mid-September and apple harvest is underway through mid-October. ( I still might be able to squeeze this one in my What's To Do schedule.)

However, despite eveyone's hectic schedules, have you noticed how some people still find ways to give of their time? There are different levels of this. Of course we have the amazing people who spend countless hours organizing charity events or raising money to help find cures for disease. There are also the people who volunteer in their communities, such as those at the local animal or food shelters, or at hospitals or with children. But we also have the people who just do nice things. Did you ever see the website that my co-worker weatherman Paul Piorek kept for his son and little league team? Paul took the pictures, wrote the stories and kept everything up to date. The people who do all these types of things should be very proud of what they accomplish. Even if they aren't getting a thank-you every day. I just wonder how in the world they ever get their laundry and dishes done.

In between walking my dog and blogs, here are some events I'm involved with over the next few weeks. September 10th, the Graff Diamond Cup at the Greenwich Polo Club.

September 17th and 18th, the 14th Annual Michael Bolton Charities' Benefit Concert and Celebrity Golf Classic.

September 23rd through the 25th, the Consumer Tech Fest at the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport.

October 1st, the Alzheimer's Memory Walk 2006 Alzheimer's Memory Walk 2006 at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk.

All of these much more important and fun than folding that pile of laundry.