I remember when the summer was starting looking ahead at the calendar.
This wasn’t any ordinary summer. It was really busy.
That Rosh Hashanah started the High Holy Days on September 9 meant that we were going to get into the Days of Awe with days of summer remaining.
So here we are, and Simchat Torah is already here. That was quick.
During those months, we watched a primary election unfold. I remember the day in July when Gregg Bernstein announced for City State’s Attorney. It must have been 100 degrees outside. His staffers were handing out bottled water to those in attendance.
The election, though, proved much hotter as Mr. Bernstein, the challenger, defeated 15-year-incumbent Pat Jessamy.
Kevin Kamenetz would win the Democrat primary for County Executive, and Vicki Almond was her party’s choice for Second District County Council.
During all of this on the summer calendar was the Maccabi Experience hosted by the JCC.
This was the first time in JCC history that JCC Maccabi ArtsFest and the JCC Maccabi Games were held at the same time in the same city.
The result: amazing.
Baltimore had some 500 host families with well over 1,200 athletes and artists in town.
That was our August.
Then came the September 14 primary.
Followed closely by Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
So now before we can sit back a little bit, there’s the gubernatorial race to watch.
Governor Martin O’Malley and former Governor Robert Ehrlich are already vying hard for the November 2 election day.
Chanukah this year? December 1.
We’re we just shoveling through the blizzard of our lives?
It’s been a whirlwind year.
Time to start looking at the winter calendar.