It is that magical time of year again! Fall is in the air and retailers are knee deep in their pumpkin spice peppermint money grab. Holiday music before Halloween makes me want to stick a broomstick in my eye. I understand why rich people disappear to a tropical island for the winter. What's a nonlottery winner to do? (Personally, I think if I could market some Merry Hallothankmas cards I'd fix that money issue, but I digress.) I could pretend I'm in the tropics but I don't think the dirt on my kitchen floor would pass for sand and it's too cold for flip flops.
One disaster at a time is the mantra at my house, despite the fact that it feels like I'm pushing back a wall of pudding. Tempus, the bastard, keeps "fugiting" and faster than I can sneeze, Halloween is in my rearview. Should I have started trying to enjoy fall in September? It's hard to think of falling leaves when you're still wearing shorts. By the time the weather started to feel like I should consider some apple cider, egg nog hit the store shelves! How did I manage to miss the fall? Since there's no use crying over spilled cider (certainly cider without a shot of Apple whiskey, but there I go again) my best bet is to focus on what's in front of me before I miss that, too.
The bonus advantage to trying to stay in the present not thinking about the dreaded Holiday aftermath that tends to hit me like a freight train in January. My solution to this is to create cheap excuses to get people together without the decorations or cards. I admit this is still a struggle for me. Things go easier when you plan ahead, don't they? Maybe I could find a pilgrim hat that would fit my Easter Bunny statue, but I think I'd be better off eating my pumpkin pie slowly. Duck! Here comes another one!
Happy Holidays to all, every friggin' one (holiday, that is)!
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