Ah, the Summer of 09. Which one word will define it? What one event will it be remembered for?

Will it be the crazy town hall meetings and the pompous attitudes of our ELECTED officials and the MSM towards those voicing their 1st Amendment rights? Maybe. I did learn that WWII vets and little Aunt Betty with her walking stick and fresh baked apple pie were dangerous thugs. They were also un-American brown shirts and the REAL enemies of the state. Thanks Nancy Pelosi…you dick. I also learned that dissent is only patriotic when Liberals do it, that it was only acceptable between years 2000-2008 for people to carry swastikas and paint Hitler mustaches on pictures of our President, and that when you run out of talking points you throw around the words “racist” and you just bite off the fingers of those you don’t agree with. Sweet. God bless America.

Just a note: it’s NEVER acceptable to carry around swastikas and compare the President to Hitler. Also, it’s not racism when people disagree with the President. Stop throwing that old battered card around please. K? Thnx.

Maybe it’ll be the celebrity deaths, like Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Mays, Sen. Ted Kennedy and DJ AM? I know I’m forgetting someone, but to tell you the truth, I can’t remember everyone that died this summer. Besides, according to the blogs and media, no-one else mattered except for the King of Pop. Poor Farrah. I’ll probably miss you the most.

Maybe it was just the humid, almost unbearable summer heat and crazy summer storms that drove most of us in South Georgia inside.

Oh wait, that was the invasion of Queen Miley on Tybee Island. She’s not my favorite celebrity, but I do have to give her this: she genuinely loved Tybee and Savannah and I never heard a bad word about her or a member of her crew getting into trouble or being divas. She just sort of hung out, ate our good Southern food, and brought throngs of screaming teenage girls and one crazy ass psycho stalker with her. She’s welcome back any time.

As for me, I’ll remember the Summer of ’09 as one of the best summers of my adult life. We spent time at the pool, we ate watermelon and played in the mud. We chose to stay away from the crowds and camp out near the Savannah Wildlife Refuge to watch the 4th of July fireworks.

My son befriended a llama and was licked by a pony.

I met a really cool Australian who was riding across America on horseback trying to revive the days of John Wayne and the Wild West.

We adopted a kitty that we named “Monkey”. I took my very first dolphin tour – something I’ve been wanting to do for years. We hung out in cemeteries and the Savannah Wildlife Refuge, giving our cameras good exercise and trying NOT to get eaten by alligators.

We lit sparklers and danced around the yard like a bunch of crazy people…and we loved every single second of it, despite being broke as a joke and with not a pot to piss in. It was all about family.

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But now it’s almost Labor Day and the end of summer is officially upon us. As much fun as we had, I can’t say that I’ll miss it too much. I enjoy the Fall weather and I’m ready for cooler temps. Also, my favorite holidays are this time of the year. So I’ll be seein’ ya, summer. It was fun. Until next year…

These are the songs, in no particular order, that got me through the sticky Summer of ’09. Just click on the little blue arrow next to the song and enjoy.

P.S. What was your favorite memory of the summer?