Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Falling

Oh my dear...what a funk I got myself into yesterday!  And it started off so well!  First thing in the morning, I saw this beefy muscle-laden guy at the gas station who was very easy on the eyeballs...and beefy muscle-laden guys are not my usual pick...I enjoy scrawny little guys!  I want a guy that, if push comes to shove, I can take in a fight!  And this guy had freakishly large muscles...but I didn't see them in the stomach-turning, vomit-inducing way I normally would...OH NO!  This guy was making my morning as he bought his beef jerky (or whatever it is that people with arm canons like his buy at gas stations) and I got to nonchalantly peek at his cute booty...I thought this was gonna be an awesome day!  But, alas, after the gas station Incredible Hulk, it seemed to all go downhill...

The part that is really annoying about the downward spiral of my day is that there was no real reason why it took that turn.  I don't mind feeling angry or sad or upset if there's a reason...ok, that's not true, I never like to feel that way...but I dislike those feelings EVEN MORE when they're inexplicable!  And yesterday, I had no good reason to feel all grumpy and blue like I did!  

Ok...maybe one reason...summer.  Summer is my least favorite season.  I know that's a little weird...or at least I am constantly told by co-workers and friends that it's strange.  But it's true.  I wouldn't go so far as to say I hate summer...but...let's just say I don't like it near as much as any of the other seasons.  Sure it has it's good moments, but they just don't make up for the bad parts.

I stay hot all the time...boiling lava hot...like what hot flashes have been described to me as...THAT kind of hot.  When you yourself are boiling lava hot, and the ambient temperature is also boiling lava hot, you combine with it...this is how spontaneous human combustion happens!  All summer long, I live in fear that I am just going to suddenly burst into flame!  And I hate it!  I'm hot and sweaty and grumpy and I get headaches from being to hot...summer can be just miserable!  Sure you can do things to alleviate some of the heat, but having to be out amid people means that I can only take off so many articles of clothing without being obscene...or, more importantly, without being arrested.  

Worst of all, summer comes directly before fall.  Fall is my absolute favorite season, hands down, no question...FALL IS THE GREATEST SEASON OF ALL THE SEASONS!!!  So the fact that I hate to be sweaty and hot combined with my yearly eager anticipation of fall makes summer the pits for me.  

And now that its starting to be cool in the mornings, my anticipation for fall is getting more urgent!  I'm like a kid who knows they're going to an amusement park and is marking the days off the calendar...the closer it gets, the more excited I am...then I'm all over-stimulated from excitement and I start acting up!  It's not my fault...I'm just excited!

So, last night, instead of thinking about how a decent day went downhill faster than a Jamaican bobsled team, I did a little page in Gregg:

"Autumn is like a second spring when every leaf is a flower." - Albert Camus

Accentuate the positive, right?  Sure my day may have been a little blah, but soon enough it will be fall and then everything will be right in the world...the weather will be cooler, shadows will be longer, food will taste better, sleep will come more easily, blankets will be curled under, breath will be visible again, and I will once again smell the delicious smell of burning wood coming out of my neighbor's chimney...  I could make a list a mile long detailing the things I love about fall...

This morning, things are cheerfully rose-colored again.  Working on Gregg must have lifted my spirits back into a happy place.  Despite the fact that I have to go to work, I am going to stay in a positive frame of mind, even if it kills me...because autumn really is just around the corner and that's more than enough to keep me up and running...

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  1. Sweet, I like the longer days of summer and waking up to sunshine but I do NOT do heat. I am miserable when I'm hot. If I go to the beach, I want to go in January when it's cool. I understand your dislike of the heat.

    Greg looks good with fall leaves in him. I find that working in my journal usually improves my mood.

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    1. I like the longer days too...that I have to admit...but that's about all I like about summer...ok, the flowers too...but THAT'S it!

      I did feel much better after adding working with Gregg...not 100%, but after doing a little more, I am back in a good mood again!

      I'm happy I put the fall leaves in...he really does look lovely in fall colors...but then again, what doesn't??? :) <3 <3 <3

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  2. I have a desire to art in my college textbooks -as I'm in the classes- now. hahaha! What a great way to spruce 'em up.

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    1. Oh Sweets I also love autumn as my favorite season....summer is my least favorite for all the reasons you described. I love your page in Gregg and thank you for sharing your new "love" with us! Have a really great day! <3

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    2. That would be a great way to make school more interesting, Cara! Your books could be so fancy! I would do that all over my math books if I was still in school...because that's the only thing they'd be good for in my eyes! (Stupid math...school was a long time ago for me, but I math is still the bane of my existence! haha)

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    3. Thanks, my Cheryl! I'm happy we have fall in common! And summer in ...un-common? (hehe) Thanks for the sweet compliments! <3 <3 <3

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  3. I too, dislike being hot. I always have but even more so now i am at that unenviable age when my own internal boiler system turns on whenevr the heck it likes. Usually when I'm already too flipping hot! Grrr
    Anyhoo, more importantly, you have created a fabulous page Sweet. I adore the colours of Autumn :o)

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    1. Hehehe...I'm sorry Mo! I swear, I think I've just been in a constant state of menopause my entire life...I'll be so happy when it's finally over! :) Of course, if I'm wrong, and menopause does hit me for real one day, I really do think I'll probably just go up in flames! It will be a huge explosion...you'll probably hear it...and you'll think to yourself...'well there went Sweets in a blaze of glory...' haha :D

      Thanks for the nice compliment! I love fall colors too! I can't wait to see them again! <3 <3 <3

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  4. Oh sweets honey, I am so sorry that you dislike summer so very much. Unlike you, I look forward to the summertime. I would rather be hot than cold... any day of the week.

    Your fall tribute in Gregg is fabulous. I really love the quote. Hugs, Pamikins

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    1. It will be our one point of contention my Pamikins! I do understand why people like summer...really I do! I just turn into a big gelatinous mess when I get too hot...I'm telling you, if I could live in a place where the temperature was between 50s and low 70s year round, it would be my paradise!

      Thanks for the compliment! That quote is definitely a good one! <3 <3 <3 BIG squishes and smooches! <3

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  5. I was in a funk yesterday! It was a tea-withdrawal headache that lasted all day, and I suspect, the ridiculously humid weather that has rolled in this week that turned me into a grouch. Ugh, I hear you on hating the heat. Well, I kind of like hot summer days, but dislike hot AND humid summer days.

    I love your journal page!

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    1. Hot and humid really is the worst! I can deal with the heat so much better if it's not humid too...the humidity is definitely headache inducing for me! I swear I can feel the changes in the air...and my brain goes 'hey, it's time for me to make you go crazy with a BOOMING headache now!' ...and I try to talk my brain out of it, but you just can't reason with that thing!

      I hope you are funk-less soon! I don't want to be an enabler...but go to your tea! Go to it and speak to it of your love!!! I say this because I too have a tea problem...I love it so much... *hangs head in shame* I just got out of the hospital, and I'm supposed to be being all healthy and not drinking 4 gallons of tea flavored sugar a day, but I'm just going to have to die happy when it comes to my tea...they can take away all my other bad habits, but they'll never take my tea!!!

      Thanks for the compliment! <3 Squishes!

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  6. <---------- FALL YAY! I used to love sumer as a teen, you know...suntans, beaches, boys, ect....but now? every season is good for me but not so much summer! ewwwwww, the heat is too much, and the grass has to be so an AWEFUL lot!! I am excited too!!

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    1. Summer was never my favorite, but when I was a little kid, I used to like it much better...it was in a tie with spring...but now summer has fallen WAY behind all the other seasons!

      I'm happy I'm not the only one who's in waiting (impatiently in my case!) for fall! :)

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  7. I don't know if I have a favorite season, there are good things about them all. But, yes FALL! something cozy about fall. I do agree with you about the summer heat though, at least the HOT/HUMID (yuck!!) but I love my garden so much... :)

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    1. Fall is so cozy, isn't it!?! I do have to agree with you about the garden though...maybe that's why summer has given me the blues this year..I haven't been able to do hardly ANY gardening at all (too much overtime at my job)! Next summer I'll have to work on that!

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