I’m looking forward to the holiday season.
And unlike the retail stores, I plan to fully celebrate all of the holidays. That means I don’t skip Thanksgiving.
Since it’s holiday season, I, as well as the rest of the Current team, have entered the land of special sections and early deadlines. We know it’s going to be tough and have a lot of names to call it, and “busy season” is probably most appropriate.
Probably “the ninth circle of hell,” too, but that’s subjective and dependent on who you talk to.
However, it’s all mitigated by big payoffs. It isn’t easy to describe the rush that is beating a deadline. The feeling is somewhere between finding a $5 bill in that pair of jeans you haven’t worn in a while and the last day of school. You either find time you didn’t realize you had or can take a deep breath of relief before the whole process starts over again. It’s similar for the most part to that whole last day of school feeling, except there’s a lot more responsibility, and a lot less time to complain about minutia. Don’t get me wrong, there’s complaining – just not time for it.
I’m excited to see Fishers transform during the holidays. I’ve only known Region winters and the isolation of the Butler Bubble. That’s given me experience with the following: bad roads, people forgetting how to drive, people believing four-wheel drive makes their F-150 as tough as an M1A1 Abrams tank, feeling sorry for those people when they realize how wrong they are, beautiful Christmas lights, icepocalypses, blizzards, cancelled classes, the importance of salt trucks and snow plows and the true value of a good hat and decent pair of gloves.
I feel like downtown Fishers is going to look pretty picturesque with snow on the ground, and it’ll be something I’ll enjoy. I’m also looking forward to heading back to the Region for family gatherings.
I’ll probably curse myself for saying all of this the first time I’m in a rush and forget that I have to de-ice my car in the morning.
Stay warm out there.
A few brief updates: Thank you to everyone who applied for the slice-of-life column. I’ll be contacting the newest columnist soon. Apologies for how long it’s taken, but that whole referenda thing got in the way. Second, come say “hi” at Hearthstone on Tuesdays from 3 to 5 p.m.