In cartoons, when the characters are waiting for something exciting to happen, they simply stare at the clock and the hands start to spin wildly. Or, they watch as the calendar pages fly off the wall while the seasons flicker past outside the window. This wonderful trick of time does not translate as well to real life. I've been staring at my calendar as hard as is possible, concentrating on getting the days to start blurring toward November, when Conan and crew will premiere their highly anticipated new show on TBS. And so far, nothing. Nada. For a month to "fly by," it takes roughly a month to do so. Bugs Bunny can suck my big fat carrot.
However, it does seem kind of foolhardy to wish precious time away. Life is, as the t-shirts so introspectively put it, short. Would I really want to be able to push a mystical "fast forward" button and get to November 8th immediately? What about all of the "stuff" that I would miss along the way? No, we Coconuts have lives to lead, and while we are very excited to see what our Fearless Leader has in store for us, we have actual "things" to do between now and then.
I personally am just about to embark on a family trek from our homestead in Oregon to the vast wonderland that is the Yellowstone National Park. We are packing up lock, stock, and Nintendo and cramming our minivan full of people and crap and we'll be off on a grand adventure that we'll one day speak of fondly.....I hope. We are also venturing down to California before returning to hearth and home. Our kids will have a lot to say in their "What I did over Summer Vacation" essays, and my husband and I will have more souvenir doo-dads to hang on the wall and admire while we get drunk. And when it all is over and done, we will be THAT much closer to November.
Before the summer is over, we plan a few little local excursions, including a visit to the county fair, a picnic at a historic fort, some beach trips, and a matinee movie or two. And when all of that has passed into memory....we will be even THAT much closer to November.
September will bring lots of excitement around here as we prepare to return to school - the kids to their respective grades and me as the assistant to a brand-spanking new teacher in our building. Also, before the month is out, our daughter will turn six years old! My gosh, she's growing fast. And while she's blowing out the candles on her princess cake, I will will quickly calculate the days until November arrives.
October is always a very full month, what with Halloween costumes to buy and pumpkins to carve and candy to eat (er, purchase.) The Fall decorations will come out, the leaves will start to turn their gorgeous autumn colors, AND IT WILL FINALLY FRICKIN' ALMOST BE NOVEMBER!!
And when November does dawn, when the calendar page finally flips to that auspicious month, we will all collectively celebrate....while wondering how it arrived so quickly. Life truly can be a "blink and you miss it" kind of situation. Maybe Bugs Bunny knew what he was talking about after all. Stupid wise-ass rabbit....
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