Over
the weekend our family played the fall game of should we turn on the furnace or
shouldn’t we? We spent a good amount of time telling each other how cold we
were. Our two youngest had come home from college for the weekend so that meant
that there were a lot more opinions than we have had here in a while. Mainly we
leaned toward not turning it on. On Sunday after our girls headed back to
school we (Mark and I) decided maybe we should relent and we turned the heat on
for a little while “to get the chill out of the air”. Sorry girls…
Spring
and fall tend to put us all in a tail spin. We find ourselves wanting so much
for the new season to start but hesitating to commit. Spring is easy to jump
into I can throw on some bright spring colors and layer up and we are good to
go, but fall means looking at sweaters and layers and making a full on
commitment to the cooler air. My favorite are the days when the sun is shining
bright and the air is warm and we all pretend for 24 hours that its spring or
even summer. No cares at all just living for the sunshine.
As I
look out my window this morning all I see is grey cloudy skies and drizzle and
my attitude is GAH…I would prefer sitting in my writing chair reading or
writing or even looking endlessly at Facebook (I know, don’t judge me!) anything to avoid getting ready and facing
the damp cold air. But I must go out and go to the post office and mail my youngest
her glasses that she left behind when they packed up and left to go back to
school. I promised I would last night before I knew I would wake up to the
gloom. I’ll pull it together and get going, but I am going to have to work very
hard to change this attitude that is lacking in enthusiasm.
As
a side note I should let you know that my commitment to writing is no less
enthusiastic. Things in my life have picked up the pace a little and I find
myself a little busier than I would like to be. I’m working a little more at
the shop I help out at because someone has left the store. My one day a week
will be much more for a while until new people are hired and trained. I am fortunate
to work for someone that is willing to let me hang around and work one day a
week and the least I can do is help out in a pinch.
