Fix It Season

Some people have seasons that follow the weather. Warm fall, cool fall, warm winter, cool winter, one cold week, one warm week, another cold week, the daffodils are up in February week, ice storm week. You get the picture. Some people divide their year up into seasons that are tied to their children’s schedules. Buying school supplies month, worrying about back to school week, finally back to school week, school parent night week – which feels like a month, fall break — what the hell we just started school week, too many school parties week, project week- going and buying expensive cardboard at Micheal’s and doing the child’s project yourself week. And so on.

I never lived by the weather as my seasonal break down and Carter has been a grown up long enough that I don’t ever have to think about the kid seasons again. My seasons are totally different.

I have the hiding in Maine season, followed by easing back into Durham life season, which involves not really unpacking all my Maine stuff and spending a week sorting mail, now I am in the fix it season, where I finally get around to calling all the professionals to fix plumbing issues, window cleaning, gutter and roof cleaning and all the other chores that have been round since spring cleaning season. The fix it season must be done in time for the holiday extravaganza season, which is preceded by the holiday party menu planning season.

The fix it season is the most critical as there is a hard start to the extravaganza season, which also needs the invitation season to be worked in before.

I have already had inquiries about the extravaganza calendar from those expecting to participate in one or more extravaganzas. This year the extravaganza season is a week shorter due to late Thanksgiving. That’s good and bad news. That means that the gift creation season is a week longer, but the extravaganzas are going to happen closer together. The rub on that means the cooking season is shorter, requiring better advanced planning.

Thankfully the broken refrigerator from the Maine Season, forced the premature cleaning out of the garage freezer so there is room for advance cooking containment during the shortened extravaganza season, but requires a push forward of the menu planning season to accommodate the search for freezable recipes.

I see a major overlap in this year’s seasons prior to January one. That is when the purge season begins.

So just to repot I am fully in Fix It season today and plan to start one or more sections of extravaganza planing season tomorrow. I am at a loss about gift creation and welcome all suggestions.