October to me is pure joy. I don’t
know for certain when I really started to identify October with all that is
good, (I think it was somewhere between 4th and 6th
grade) but I know that in this month I am happier than at any other. That doesn’t
mean that all is wine and roses in this most special of months, but I simply
seem to have a different outlook on life. I’m energized and excited, cheerful,
bouncy and an abundance of surprises managed to find their way too me. Yesterday
was no exception.
I made up my mind on Friday night
that since I had an honest to goodness day off for a change I would capitalize
on it and excavate the storage pod that has been holding my decorations hostage
for two years. I didn’t know what sort of shape I would find them in, I didn’t
know how long it would take, but I would move every last box if it meant that
this year all my stuff could be reunited. I really needed a “win” and I was going
to manufacture one for myself.
I had visions of being crushed by all my precariously balanced boxes. I dreaded
the hours it was going to take. I even dreamed of how I was going to move
everything. I made an offhand remark to my roommate about it and when I got up
the next morning she said she was ready for me to put her to work. She was
going to help me get my stuff. I told her no, it would be really hard work and
I appreciated it but it was too much to ask. She wouldn’t take no for an answer
and cut to 3 hours later, not only do I have ALL my October décor, but I have
all the rest of the holidays too. I can finally decorate again! Now to you that
might not be a big thing, but to me it is. I can’t properly convey how
wonderful this makes me feel. I was singing as we moved things. I was giggling
and laughing and thanking her profusely. It took 4 trips to get it all back to
the house, but it was so worth it.
After we got everything settled I
put on some of my favorite October films, sat down on the living room floor and
started unpacking things. I didn’t get as far with that process as I would have
liked because I kept exclaiming over each thing, here was my monster mix-tape;
there was my old plastic pumpkin. Over in that box was the dining room table décor
that I had been missing. New treasures, old treasures, and as I sit in a
glittery, spooky pile of décor I look around and wonder, where the heck is all
of this going to go? I am so happy that I don’t think I will even care if this
year is tacky. I want everything up. I want to sit in my cozy blanket and
relive the memories. I want to feast my eyes for the time I have left of this wonderful
month. I want to walk down memory lane, I want to share it with friends, I want
to bask in the overabundance of October, and you know what, I’m going to.
To add to my decoration joy,
tonight was the premier of my favorite zombie show. I got to watch it sitting
amidst all my treasures. Then there was the most perfect orangey sunset that I
have seen in a while. It must have read yesterday’s Thoughts because it was all
different hues of orange and I put the show on pause and watched the splendor
of it till the night descended into black. How marvelous. How wonderful, how
October. Ok, enough of this, I’m going to go play with my decorations……
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