Whoa, here it is OCTOBER already.. can you believe it? Where did that long, hot summer get off too? A bit of it is still hanging around here in Palm Springs, with our 100+ temps in the afternoons, but it’s getting blustery and coolish in the evenings.
The desert is ideal when it’s like that.. there’s nothing quite like sitting under the night sky with a cold beer, counting the even colder, shimmering stars that dot the heavens. If you’re lucky you’ll spot a Xlphh ship from the Pleiades’s System on a recon mission, but you have to look fast.. they phase in and out of our dimension.
This is coffeesister’s birthday month. On the 12th she’ll be turning forty, which apparently is a big friggin’ deal. I barely remember my 40th, which was almost ten years ago. I think we did something, and had a good time while doing it, and I got some kind of presents that I still greatly cherish. The memory is hazy this late in the game.
A few years ago an old friend of mine rented a yacht to celebrate his wife’s 40th. We were invited and told to “dress to impress”, so I went to Target and luckily found a suit on sale. I knew we were in trouble when we pulled into the parking lot at the marina and put our ‘89 Toyota Corolla amidst all the Bentleys, Aston Martins and Mercedes. My friend had been raised in the woods by a pack of wild motivational speakers, and therefore hung out with that kind of crowd. Everyone was rich and successful, and if you had any doubts about that, just ask them – they were all more than happy to talk about themselves.
I joked that in a few years when MY wife turns 40, I’d tear a picture of a yacht out of a yachting magazine and have it blown up and pasted on the wall, but MY GOD have you seen how much those damned magazines are? Like eight and a half bucks! So no yacht.
We’re not really having a party either, because we don’t know anyone here in Palm Springs, and only one friend of hers is flying in to hang out during her birthday (thank you, LIZ!) so we’ll probably all just go to dinner or something. I’ll have to pick a restaurant where they’ll sing “Happy Birthday” to her and bring ice cream while wearing funny hats.
October also means HALLOWEEN, so I’ve thrown a bit of it into my blog theme for the month. That’s right.. those of you not using a reader will have to stare at that for the ENTIRE MONTH OF OCTOBER.. unless you send me candy.
I should go and start working on my costume now.. I only have a month. I’ve decided to go trick or treating as a professional blogger and, since I can’t seem to find a mask like that at Long’s Drugs, I’ve decided to make my own..
Scary!
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I love the Halloween theme. I so wish I could fly in for Dorian’s birthday, but unfortunately…………….. I love sitting under the stars and staring at their vastness, imagening the possiblilities.
Like I said, if Jim broadcasted my 40th to the world, I’d have to kill him. You better make sure you get her a good present!
I love everything about October; the beginnings of Fall, warm days w/cool nights, Halloween &, yes, my birthday.
Thanx for the tho’t, Leann.. I do wish anyone of a mind to could just come sit under the stars w/us. Meanwhile, rest assured René, I’m proud to have accomplished (aka survived) 4 decades. *GO ME*
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“Life begins at 40 — but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.” ~ Helen Rowland
Leann – I’m with you on the star thing.
Rene – She SO does not have a problem with me announcing that and she’d probably be ticked off if I didn’t tell anyone.
Dorian – right? (see above)
Damn straight, hunny, you’re my surrogate bragger..
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“Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and [coffee], it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once.” ~ Dave Barry, “Your Disintegrating Body,” Dave Barry Turns 40
I wasn’t feeling clever enough to comment, but I don’t want to show up in your stats as a lurker either.
Lorna, you vampyre queens don’t show up in my stats at all.
Admit it. You’ll hang out online all night and then go to Coco’s for breakfast. That’s the birthday plan…
That is ridiculously accurate, especially since my dear RhodesTer’s getting off work @ 8am the morning of my birthday! How do you know us SO well?!
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“Last week the candle factory burned down. Everyone just stood around and sang, ‘Happy Birthday’.” ~ Steven Wright
LOL, I have complete and total recall of all tweets I’ve ever read, at least ones that spark story ideas.