As the sound of the clock striking midnight on Halloween night fades into the
air I start preparing for the next October adventure. I look at my October To
Do list and see what I did, what was left undone and what should be added for
the next year. Then I put the list away and start getting ready for
Thanksgiving. As the months roll by, new ideas pop into my head and the list
expands. Around mid-July I take the list out and start preparing in earnest. This
year I had a pretty fantastic list drawn up; it was quite ambitious even for me.
Then I got mono, which may have been a good thing. Pretty much my only activity
now is dreaming of the things on the list. True, I can watch all bazillion of
my October movies. I can also read my ton and a half of October books, but it
isn’t the same as being out in my favorite month.
Today while looking at my small Halloween village I realized that the denizens
of the fair hamlet were having more fun than me. Then I realized that I needed
an attitude adjustment. I was trying to figure out how to squeeze all my
October stuff into a few well days and I was stressing myself out. That mania
is usually something I save for December. I figuratively smacked myself upside
the head then gave myself a stern talking to. Where was my creativity and that
magical October spark? Why was I getting all worked up over things that I do
every year? Wasn’t it time to make new traditions or at least do something new
for a change?
I tell you what, after that lecture I started to calm down and things didn’t
seem near as dire as I had convinced myself that they were. Now I have a new
game plan, I’m going to find new ways to do things and generally enjoy the
month like it was meant to be.
For October or any holiday season, there is no need to get caught up in the
crazy. I realized that I was drowning in October excess. I wanted to do everything
and in so doing I wasn’t really going to fully enjoy anything, I was going to
be checking off a list and calling that fun. So I pared things down. This is my
new list. I don’t plan on completing everything, but it is nice to have some
goals. If I don’t check everything off, no big deal. If I find new and exciting
things, I’ll write about them. I can’t wait to see what my new laid back
October looks like.
The New October List (in no specific order)
- Visit a new corn maze
- Visit Halloweentown
- Watch some of my old
October movies that I haven’t seen in a while
- Carve a pumpkin
- Bake a pumpkin
something-or-other
- Drink apple cider
- Catch early morning fog
- Read my October books
- Find and drink pumpkin
nog
- Read the legend of
sleepy hollow out by the fire
- Enjoy the treasure
trove of pumpkin bounty I have already managed to procure
- Wear my October socks
- Visit with friends
- Enjoy the October
beauty to the fullest
What is on your October must list?
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