Just another flight of random musing...
If is suddenly fall. Seriously suddenly. As I was leaving the office this morning around 0715, a sharp, cold wind swept through the area and brought fall with it. Literally that quick. It was supposed to be 65F here today. It was 55F when I got up. I know I've been saying how I want it to cool off and be fall... but man. It really didn't have to happen all at once. A gradual cool down would've been nice. If this keeps up we're gonna have snow tomorrow...
My niece is competing in a horse show this weekend but it is 150 miles from here. I have to work tonight and the show runs from 0900 to 1200 on both Saturday and Sunday. So, making Saturday is impossible and Sunday is out because the dog is on antibiotics and I don't trust anyone else to give them to her. It's silly, I know, but if I went all I'd be doing is worrying about the dog. So instead of being at the show, I'm dog sitting my sister's dogs so they can see their daughter compete. It's a big show - the ones here are on the small side and are open shows - any breed of horse can enter. This one is just for Quarter Horses and the competition is bound to be stiffer. The niece has no expectations of doing well. I'm hoping she's pleasantly surprised.
The fall feel in the air has me thinking back to high school, of all things. I was in the marching band for all four years and the feel made me think of football and performing at halftime. I'd tuck a book into the inside pocket of my band uniform and read during the game. Whenever we scored, I set the book down, play the school fight song, and then go back to reading. I didn't always read but either way, it was fun.
So, time for a question. I posted earlier about breaking my book buying ban mainly because I was stressed out by all the vet visits I've had to make lately. They're expensive and worrisome because my animals are my babies. No, that's got nothing to do with the question.
Wendy, the Literary Feline, admitted that she also buys books when feeling stressed.
How about the rest of you? Does stress sending you screaming to the local bookstore or to Amazon? Curious minds want to know...
6 comments:
I wish fall would hurry up and find its way to my house. It was in the low 100's where I live today. Your weather being too cold and mine too hot for this time of year . . . I think a compromise is in order. :-)
Good luck to your niece! I'm sorry you won't be able to go to the show. That's nice of you to dog sit for your sister though.
I refer to my stress buying as retail therapy. I'm not much of a shopper really, except when it comes to books. I've been working on not doing that so much as I have plenty of books already at home to read.
My weather can't decide what it wants. Since we live on the coast, it's a rollecoaster of extremely cold and windy mornings and evenings and afternoons that bake my brain into a giant muffin. Gah.
And yes, I do buy books, when stressed and depressed and autumn marks the time, when I buy most books. Just happens that way.
LF -
I couldn't live in an area where it got that hot very often. I'm a 70 - 75 kinda girl and anything over 80 is too hot for me.
The niece did well today including a first in an English class that completely shocked her. I'm not sure how many classes she was in but she placed in four or five, so it was a good day.
Retail therapy, huh? That's pretty good. I'll have to remember that the next time I have to buy some books.
Harry -
We're starting to get cool nights and mornings but in the high 60's by afternoon. What amazes me is that some of the trees are starting to turn already, in spite of the mild temps.
So, do you not like autumn or are you just in a buying mood when the weather starts to shift? Frankly, I'd be surprised if anyone answered me and said they didn't believe in a little retail therapy, as LF calls it.
cjh
Yeah, it is retail therapy. I feel less stressed, when I spend money. I think it's a side effect of the consumer oriented society we have engineered for ourselves. And these buying instincts happen, when we are distressed. Autumn makes me depressed. Hate autumn.
Yes, absolutely. I'm not as bad as I used to be, but if I'm stressed I go to the bookstore. I have to go on the weekend, though, because it involves a 55-mile drive to get to a Borders. Our local store is icky and not the least bit soothing. Borders calms me.
Bookfool -
We're the same way here - no decent bookstores nearby. There's one I really like 90 miles south. I love visiting my niece and having the time to veg out in a Borders or Walden or wherever.
You know that soothing feeling we get from books? That's the feeling my niece gets from being around horses.
cjh
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