Post-Summer End-of-the-Year Weirdness

Maybe it’s me.

Maybe it’s sunspots.

Maybe it actually happens, same time, every year.

It seems that things, by things I mean life, should become calmer this time of year. The kids are back in school. Everyone is on a schedule. Vacations and yard work are over. The only anxiety-producing dilemma is whether or not to put Prozac in the Thanksgiving turkey, and deciding when and if we should start our holiday shopping. No big deal, right?

Then why is it that everything from family to finances to work to major life decisions seem to come rumbling in with the force of Hurricane Katrina between now and Dec 31st? Is it just me or does everything/everyone get really bat-shit-crazy this time of year?

I’m just not up for it this year… just sayin’.

Livin’ the Dream, Baby

The other day, I asked an acquaintance of mine, “How are you today?”

He answered, “I’m livin’ the dream, baby, livin’ the dream!”

I thought that was the funniest thing I ever heard, and I laughed like crazy.

Well, since then, I’ve been responding the same way when folks ask me ‘how I am’. They always laugh out loud. I guess it’s better than the traditional, “Fine, and you?” response. I think I’ll keep it up.