Of Heat and Holidays

It's 80F something here in Connecticut, almost unheard of (and record-breaking, yesterday).  To my mind, it's out of sync with the three-day weekend, which should be fall and pumpkins and Halloween prep.  Instead, we're inside, thinking of air-conditioning!  Still, you can't argue with the weather.  So, inside, we've created our own NYC with Legos, draw bunnies and penguins, decorated orange paper pumpkins for the windows, made muffins for "Muffin Monday" (a new, sometime-tradition, like "Meatless Monday"), discussed the various meanings of Columbus Day (to Native Americans, to Europeans, past and present treatment of the day by Americans) and how the Vikings were actually the first Europeans here nearly 500 years before Columbus, talked to Gommie (who is somewhere cold out in Colorado, near Gunderson and heading to Durango, perhaps), played DS a bit, had a deli picnic lunch in the living room (just too hot in the sun!),  and are now watching their new favorite musical, Cats.  We might have a neighbor friend come over later today; if not, maybe we'll play chess or another game.  There's lot of time left to enjoy the day.   Hope you're having a good one too, wherever the holiday finds (and whatever it means to) you.