The Summer Wind

My final post from Room 226 at Milton High School until September. Ahh, the memories. Summer vacation kicks off in about one hour, giving me four days away from MHS until summer school kicks off a week from today. As I drift through my last 59 minutes, here is the list of the 27 things I would love to do this summer. 1. For one day, hire Morgan Freeman to narrarate my life. "And that's when Billy decided it was time to get busy living or get busy drinking." 2. Attend the Boston Celtics championship parade. 3. Play one round of golf with my father. 4. Take a trip to New York for the All-Star Game and watch Terry Francona be introduced as the American League manager before leaving to watch the game from the Yankee Tavern. 5. Read Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye." 6. Watch at least one Cape Cod League baseball game. 7. See an Obama speech live in person. 8. Learn how to fly fish. 9. Finally see a Portland SeaDogs game at Hadlock Field in Portland, Maine. 10. Dunk a basketball, one last time. 11. Spend an entire day at the JFK Library. 12. Talk to Bobby Finstock and figure out why he didn't protest when Mick stood under the basket when Scott took the free throws at the end of the game. 13. Sip a cold beer while watching Manny Ramirez take batting practice. 14. Play 100 games of wiffle ball. 15. Sip a cold beer while watching Tom Brady run the Patriots offense. 16. Spend a day on the campus of Harvard, trying to soak in its brilliance. 17. Figure out how my sister got brave enough to spend the fall semester of her senior year in Australia. 18. Eat seafood without getting sick. 19. Go for a run on the banks of the Charles River. 20. Take a hike in the Berkshires. 21. Seriously look into buying my first home. 22. Read the Bible and figure out if it means anything to me. 23. See Will Ferrell's new movie, Step Brothers. 24. Win a game in my softball league. 25. Enjoy the Olympics. 26. Win the gold medal with my boy's basketball team at the Bay State Games. 27. Take steps toward becoming a better history teacher.