I was thinking back to previous summers and something camp back to me: paintbrushes.\u00a0 Now this may seem odd, but they hold a certain significance to me.\u00a0 See when I was little I got my hands on a paintbrush, but it wasn’t for painting, no sir!\u00a0 I LOVED using paintbrushes to spread water on dry parts of sidewalks.\u00a0 Back when we lived in Bernardsville I can remember my mom and at other times Michelle the babysitter taking me to the pool.\u00a0 I would go into the baby pool and take the paintbrush and make sure I got every space of the boiling hot concrete covered with water.\u00a0 Depending on how much water there was I would just spread the wetness with the brush or go back to the pool for more.\u00a0 Sometimes I was lucky enough to have a bucket to aid me in my “job”.<\/p>\n
I was only two or three or maybe even four at that point so I don’t specifically remember why I did it, but I think today it serves as a great symbol for my work ethic.\u00a0 See, I wouldn’t put down the paint brush until I got every tiny nook filled with water on the sidewalk just like I don’t give up on a job.\u00a0 I am human and a I get frustrated like everyone else, but I work my hardest no matter what.\u00a0 I also always ensure I always have all of the right tools at my disposal.\u00a0 I can remember one day right before we moved from that house to Millington I got my paintbrush stuck in one of the cabinets.\u00a0 I was very upset and to this day I’m not entirely sure why (I had a genuine attachment to a paint brush?\u00a0 heck if I know).<\/p>\n
Anyways, the Yankees won today 5-0 against the Red Sox for the 3rd straight game.\u00a0 CC Sabathia pitched really well today, keeping the game perfect for more than 4 innings.\u00a0 The win put the Yankees ahead in the AL East by 5.5 games.\u00a0 My excitement grows with everyday at the chance in watching the Yankees return to the World Series.\u00a0 I was spoiled when I was little watching the Yankees win three in a row (I have a poster near my computer from 2000 that says on it “Three-Peat” with pictures of Bernie Williams, Mariano Rivera, Orlando Hernandez, Roger Clemens, Scott Brosius, Derek Jeter, Andy Pettite, and two other players I can’t quite make out).\u00a0 Let’s go Yankees!<\/p>\n
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