A Poetic Look Back at My Summer

August is upon us!

It sure does fly, that time.

So let's review my summer

With collages and with rhyme.

I did a lot of driving,

In states that numbered three,

And became quite obsessed

With all things BBC.

I spent time with my niblets

And with my tired, old folks.

I went to family home evenings

Where we sang and ate and joked.

I made a cake from homemade ice cream,

It was ugly but tasted grand,

Steph and I swam everyday

I’ve never been so tan!

Our presidency was busy

Slinging food for the Stake’s teens,

And making 300 lunches

For the folks who hoed Church beans.

I spent hours in my classroom

For which I won’t get paid

And subbed the mission prep class

Using high-tech  visual aids!

We hit the Grow reunion,

The biggest ever, says Guinness

And then there was the Book sale

I think those memories I’ll repress

I saw Krystal and Reed’s wedding

Reception cupcakes I did frost

I helped Ruby school shop,

And my sanity nearly lost.

School’s lurking on the horizon

Yet I will not despair!

First we’ll party with New Jenny,

And after that is fair!

As summer comes to a close,

It’s probably for the best.

I need school to start again

So I can get some rest!