Monday, August 22, 2011

Take Cover! Fall is Coming!

You've felt it haven't you? The slightly cooler nights. The change in the sun's angle. The crankiness from your children. The opening of the CNE(the Canadian National Exhibition for non-Canucks out there). The slight, inexplicable feeling of anxiousness seeping into your skin. Oh, yes. You know what it is. All the signs point to it. It may be a month away but Fall is definitely coming. And no one is safe.

Don't get me wrong. I love Fall. In fact, my favourite month is October. I love the cooler days, and the changing season. But I also know what that season means. School will start soon. Clothes will have to be organized and laundered on a more frequent basis (the Boy cannot go to school in a swimsuit and flip flops no matter how much he might argue for it). Hockey season starts right after Labour Day with an early bird tournament. Homework commences. Food for lunches will need to be ready (*shudder*).

Any one of those things might be enough to send me into a tizzy. Put them all together and I feel a fainting spell coming on. Put them all together with the last three months of a reno thrown in, then a move in November plus a personal deadline to finish the revision to a wip and also send THE BREAK off to my publisher as spic and span as I can get it (just got my line edits a few days ago) I have a sudden desire to follow the very sensible bear population and go into hibernation for six months.

Alas, I'm not a bear (except for a few hours very early in the morning) and no matter how much I wish I could sleep away the busy season I know that for some weird reason I tend to be WAY more productive when I have absolutely no time to do anything. Is that some kind of scientific phenomena? Less time = More product? Who knows, but once Sept 1st kicks in I seem to get a sudden burst of can-do energy. Maybe it's a primal survival instinct. I'm running on adrenaline because I know if I don't keep ahead of the tidal wave about to crash over me I'm a goner. Man, I knew I should have started that exercise regime earlier…

How about you? Have you thought about Fall? Or are you still sipping a wine spritzer and dipping your toe into the pool?

7 comments:

  1. After just finishing a summer vacation, I'm clinging to whatever bits of summer there are left. But we are definitely preparing for fall in our house, with getting clothes ready and thinking about the fall schedule. Sigh. Routine is good too.

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  2. Umm, no, summer will last forEVER, Nelsa, because fall coming means winter coming and I am just not up to facing that yet. I'll still be dipping my toe in the pool until it finds ice. I know what you mean about September being a productive month, though, even with its being a busy time. Maybe it's just a leftover I'm-going-back-to-school feeling.

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  3. Hi Andrea! Sounds like we're in the same place. Let's hope we survive the onslaught! :)

    Hi Lena: What's that they say about denile? It's not just a river in Egypt? :) I think you're totally right about that back to school feeling though...

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  4. I've def. thought of fall since school starts next week. The transition is never easy but for me it means I can really write again after a break. I mean really be productive. So at this point, I'm looking forward to it. It's been a great summer.

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  5. Yikes, Laura! School starts next week for you?? Argh. But great on the more writing time!!

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  6. Totally hear you on the bear thing. We've had very little summer and when I felt that chill earlier this week, I panicked. If autumn brought spring, it would be my favorite season. The good news is that we sold our house on the WA/Canadian border last week and are moving back to the mountains of Arizona. Hello sunshine!

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  7. Hi Angela! Congrats on the house sale! And I'm totally envious you're going to live in year round sunshine. Fall is one thing. Winter is a whole 'nuther beast.

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