1. Oh Deer
New Jersey is known for deer the way New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine are known for moose. Personally, I find the moose crossing signs* much more exciting.
*I wonder if people who are not familiar with deer react as I did in Vermont upon seeing my first moose crossing sign. From that moment forward, it was a moose hunt**.
**No, I didn’t see any, and yes, I reacted *somewhat* similarly upon seeing a bear crossing sign.
Yet, even after living my entire life in a state where deer are so abundant they make Bambi hit just a little too close to home, I have never: 1) hit a deer with my car or 2) been in a car when a deer was hit…until a few weeks ago.
The experience met my expectations while also challenging them. There was an impact. There was shock. But there was also the unexpected continuing forward without delay*. Most of all, I think I was in such shock that my record had finally been vanquished** that I didn’t know what to say or do***.
*Thank goodness Lance was driving. He did not swerve or stop and I’m fairly certain this kept us from further danger.
**Like the 13+ year vomit free record I had up until March 2020.
***Other than, OH NO, THE POOR DEER!
2. Halloween
Ever since Jon began spending a few nights a week at our house forever ago, I’ve gone all out for Halloween for the simple reason that he loves it.
This year was no different:
The Sanderson Sisters
Witch “Fingers” aja Shortbread Biscuits
It was a spooky success.
3. Weather
Sunday morning it was 29 degrees during my walk with the dogs. Monday it was 60 degrees.
I took Jon to go on a hayride at Johnson’s Farm and we were in t-shirts and shorts.
T-shirts and shorts!!
He forced me to walk into the narrow corn stalk “path.*”
*It was not a path.
There is no new information here, just documentation for the day that I finally lose it and am found muttering the words, “29 degrees one day, 60 the next…” over and over again.
4. Thanksgiving + Christmas + The Holidays
You’ve heard of girl math, yes? Well, here is some holiday math/logic. If Christmas decorations cannot go up until after Thanksgiving and then they need to be taken down sometime in January* all that work is done for a measly 4-5 weeks. But, if it becomes acceptable to put our Christmas trees and/or decorations up the day after Halloween and wait until, at the very earliest, February 1st, that is a quarter of the year that those decorations are used instead of collecting dust in storage bins and therefore are provided a larger economic value***.
*Dates given are based on a loose survey** conducted on the mood of those who hem and haw over seeing Christmas decorations up the day after Halloween.
**In other words, no survey.
***Not to mention, a larger amount of cheer.
I mean, my local winery is doing it. Soooo….
Ultimately, what I’m saying here is, due to my holiday math/logic, my trees are all up early* and my heart is happy.
*Yes, you’re right, they would still be up without the girl math/logic.
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