Ahhhhhh October

I took a day off from work yesterday, the first in a few weeks. I didn't even walk through or think about it. Sweet relief. Instead I went shopping!! My favorite Sunday activity. But instead of shopping for necessity, I shopped for pleasure and spent about 7 hours at it. The day started at Costco with Mel and his coveted membership card. He's been teasing me with it for weeks and finally gave it up. I was in wholesale heaven and have mass quantities to prove it. Shopping amongst the mass of people stocking up provided great entertainment as Mel can find humor in everything. We fell into fits of laughter in the dog food aisle for reasons I can't remember, ate $1.50 hot dogs in the middle of it all and sparked conversation with a bunch of strangers in the lane that held Ginko. Glad to get out of there we headed to Saks to regain dignity and shop for Coach bags and $900 boots, none of which we bought. Knowing we could was enough satisfaction.

I woke up in October today. 7:30 AM I am walking Paws when Nikki arrives for our breakfast meeting. Emma bursts from the car carrying a Dunkin Donuts box and announces "grandma we have donuts" which we devoured with famished fervor. She makes sure I sample every one and decides the jelly kind are the best. We have the usual macaroni discussion as I had picked up 15 boxes at Costco and presented them to her. She's easy to buy for. Jack has a sweet disposition this morning. I gave him his 8 AM bottle. He is getting over the indignation of last weeks
circumcision. Nikki is gracefully settling in to life with "kids". I am astonished she can juggle it all so effortlessly. It seems overwhelming to me.

October was my turning point. Having gotten this far, there is no turning back now. It's a new season and I am ready.