As Nachamu weekend closes and schools start, how did your summer rate? What were the highs and the lows ?

Ours was on pretty much of an even keel this year. I guess the "low" was Dh's throat surgery, which he is recovering from now. Our "high" was our new beds!

It has definitely been a great summer.

Baruch Hashem.
It has been amazing.

My summer's only beginning......

Please share concrete examples.

and my "lows" and "highs" are only beginning...

otherwise, the summer was just as last year.

high: tomahawk throwing
low: hearing i'm first runner-up for a coveted award


lucky the fall semester here starts tomorrow.

My highs-getting a internship, putting on a suit and getting on the train in the morning to go there and feeling like a mench with hope for my career future
No really woes BH Work prevents woes

When one is neither in school nor a parent of schoolchildren, summer is just like the rest of the year, only hotter.

Lows: We arranged our summer vacation without consulting MH's family; so no one was here to cover for MIL; and it fell to us to cancel our vacation and stay home now after tisha b'av when the entire Jewish population of NW London has vacated.
High: The mitzva of Kibud Em.
High: Much reduced traffic and being able to park anywhere.
Low: I miss company and will miss it especially over Shabbos.

Lows: The British summer. Staying home wouldn't have been so bad if we'd actually HAD a summer, to sit in the garden or go to the park or whatever. It's been cool, wet and windy with no sign of getting any summer at all.
High: I haven't had to water my garden once this year.
High: Think of the money I've saved on sun protection cream!
High: Ditto aircon.
High: All that hassle taking out and putting away garden furniture has been completely unnecessary. It stays in the shed.

Highs: When we realized we weren't getting away after TB we managed to grab a few days in E"Y in July before the 3 weeks.
Highs: We are grabbing two days in Snowdonia this week. MIL can be left with her carers for a couple of days and we have a nephew who will be on emergency call.
Highs: Three of my children are pregnant.

Mixed high and low feelings: Two of my children are due almost on the same day; one in UK one in E"Y. Both want me there.

Not true, P almonious. People go on vacations, health goes up and down, and all kinds of things happen.

Exactly. It's go to work just like any other months of the year.

The only differences for me are:
The high electric bill for the A/C instead of the high gas bill for the heat.
The boiling car when I get to the parking lot after work.
Not wearing a coat.
Worrying about the car overheating instead of worrying about the snow.
Limited good shows on TV.
Hating walking the dog in the heat even more than in the cold winter.
A little less traffic getting to work each day b/c of the lack of school buses and people taking vacation from work.

Other than that, the summer is the same as any other time of the year. As well it should be...

That happens all year long.

Except the mazikim, Ketev and Meriri, are particularly active during the summer, either from 1 tammuz to 16 tammuz according to the bavli, or from 17 tammuz to 9 av according to the traditions of EY.

This summer was definitely better than last summer. We took an awesome trip to Colorado. Chaim was in a series of stimulating day camps. I didn't spend the summer worrying about where he was going to go to school and if he was going to like it. Despite the heat, I was able to do a lot of training for my upcoming marathon and am feeling more confident about it. I asked a guy out and he said yes.

Oysh! That's hard. A) are they both same gender child (i.e. both daughters that are expecting or one a son and one a daughter?) b) do either have other kids? If so, what ages?

Perhaps that is because they have been slacking off all year and need to clear their desks before they go on vacation bein hazmanim.