QotD: Last Month of Summer

What are you most looking forward to in August?

I'm looking forward to my fifth wedding anniversary, and spending it with my wife for 3 days in Seattle. I've never been anywhere north of Chico, and I haven't flown in a long time (outside of a few trips for baseball while in college).

I also want to squeeze in one more long hike--I want to see if I can make it across the San Gabriel range from Baldy to Wrightwood. 

And of course, August will be the month I'll get to meet approximately 150 incoming 8th graders who, hopefully, will have their minds irreparably infected by the always new and improved "Mr. Vega's English Class."

I've got high hopes for September too:

Pending financial aid, I'll get to start a graduate program at UCR, and then there's church family camp up in Big Bear during Labor Day Weekend. And, finally, all three of our immediate family's birthdays fall in September. Jackson will be 2, and his is the day before mine, so he steals the thunder.