October is the Month of Fun Outings. The weather is generally pleasant, many things are less crowded than they are in summer because school has started back, and there are also an array of local events. We try to make the most of it, since I got used to not getting sick while we stayed in for a couple years so now we ride out the germiest months at home. But before that, we frolic.
We'll miss our favorite fall festival due to scheduling conflict, but there will be a small one at my eldest's dance studio, and we're all going to the state fair this year. There are street fairs and at some point soon we'll go and each choose a pumpkin to stack on the front step five deep, and my littlest will name each family member while pointing at their pumpkin every time we go in or out the door.
I've started leaving windows open at night, and sometimes it's been cool enough to have them open during the day, too. My desk candle has expanded to three candles on a cheese board because I still haven't gotten over the house we didn't get that had a gas fireplace.
Kicking off the fun were a couple of book-centric events. I volunteered at the Sunshine Market, which is a twice yearly outdoor market for woman owned businesses, hosted by Paper Heart Books. I set up tables and checked in vendors and bounced between the book stall and smiling behind the Bella Vita table any time Brandy needed to step away, and loved every minute. It has been at least ten years since I worked an event and I enjoyed it every bit as much as I remember. That afternoon I went to a bring-your-own-book club and swapped two books I had fun reading for two books other people had fun reading, and then on my way home I popped into a used bookstore that opened recently. All together I spent a fabulous day around people whose company I enjoyed, and came home with four books (for a total investment of $3). And I still had time to read one of them, which is my new favorite Saturday practice. But more on that tomorrow.
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