Mercury Retrograde

You guys aren't really into apples and football, according to my last poll. So there goes my "Vikings and apple sauce!" theme party idea.

Honestly I have little to report, since it feels like I do nothing but grade, eat and sleep. But I did want to you warn you...Mercury is retrograde. I'm not one of those astrology freaks, but I read the wonderful Astrologyzone website (http://www.astrologyzone.com/) and have noticed that things get messed up about a week before Mercury is retrograde and until about a week after it's done (should end Oct. 18). Things just go WRONG, man. Every car problem we've had has been during a stupid Mercury retrograde. Mercury is supposed to be in charge of electronics, mechanics, communication, travel and so when it retrogrades, all those things are in the hands of demons! Again, I'm not saying I totally buy into all this, but I can't deny that things get freaky during these times. Even when I don't know it's retrograde (otherwise I'd just chalk it up to self-fulfilling prophesy). It will seem like there are endless problems and eventually I'll go "hmmm...could it be?" and look it up to find that yes! That horrible planet Mercury is messing with my cell phone. Or whatever.

So, be wary. I've had laptop issues, a package I ordered is missing, my printer at work is on strike, our smoke detector died, and (worst of all) I witnessed a squirrel fall to its death from the top of a tree! Actually, it may have lived. I went up to see if I could help and the squirrel was still breathing but not moving. Then later that day I walked past where it had fallen and the squirrel was gone. I'm hoping it took a little rest, stood up, brushed its fur off, said "whew!" in chirp-language, and then went into the hollowed-out trunk of a nearby tree where it could receive the squirrel equivalent of an x-ray. But that was a hard fall. It went "thump" and everything. I'll have to find out how to help a damaged squirrel in case of future emergencies. As for other Mercury retrograde issues, Dave uses 4 different computers at his work (he has 4 different classrooms, in case you're wondering), and 3 of the 4 computers aren't functioning properly right now. Not even their tech people can figure it out.

Next post will feature a photo of my newest watercolor.