As posted by kathrynzj at RevGalBlogPals:
Headquarters for me is the northeast of the United States. Here school is getting back in session, the tease of autumn is in the air (or the hope for the tease of autumn is in the air) and church life is gearing up to full throttle.
One thing I’ve learned with blogging and social media is that the where I live is not necessarily where you live. And so I want to know what September means to you, in your place of the world and time in your life.
This week’s Friday Five is:
What are 5 things that the beginning of September mean to you?
1) Clothes shopping with children, which I find stressful and try to do as much by Internet as possible. (And which once upon a time I did using catalogs and a land-line, I’m that old and so are my children.) This year it feels wistful, as the time for it is drawing to a close. My youngest is a Junior in high school! Ack!
2) Major planning involving multiple calendars — fall is definitely the busy season of the program year at church.
3) Cool nights — at least in this busy season, I can sleep well.
4) Shorter days — sad! We have about eight weeks until we “fall back,” and after that it feels pretty closed in while the days are so short. Not that a person gets to stay home at night (see busy season above).
5) Dixon Ticonderoga #2 soft lead pencils — and other school supplies, but those are my favorite.
Bonus: What’s one thing you could do without?
Fall allergies. I woke up with itchy eyes this morning.
I empathize with the itchy eyes.
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I'm prayerfully resisting going to Staples because really, I have enough school/office supplies — I think. Maybe I could use another notebook? By the way, the Borders in Brunswick is still open and I saw a Bernese Mountain Dog calendar 80% off. No Springer Spaniel calendars though.
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I have a little boy who shares your affinity for specific pencils. I remember ordering clothes over the phone too.Thanks for playing!
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For me Lent is the busiest time but fall comes in a close second. And I am fighting off a cold/sinus thing, so yeah, the allergies are ever-present. Peace!
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Sorry about the itchy eyes. I'm glad you have fall weather–I don't here. Cooler nights sound welcome.
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Ray and I both have fall allergies, which is why we don't open the windows at night. I can sympathize.
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I HATE shorter days. It makes me so sad to see the sun set early and to get up in the dard…wait, I always get up in the dark, but going to work in the dark!
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