Groundhog Day 2019

Autmn and I woke up this morning to the news that Punxsutawney Phil had predicted an early spring.  We looked at each other and shook our heads.  That was the first time in a long time he hadn’t see his shadow!    These little guys are the ones my Aunt Joan gave me years ago.  They don’t have shadows.

We putsied about our day; she made French Toast for our breakfast and I finished up laundry.  There was nothing exciting on TV except rerun Hallmark movies and Sponge Bob, so I dug in my DVD collection for something to watch.    Of course, it had to be GROUNDHOG DAY!  I haven’t watched that in several years, and although Autmn knew the premise of the movie she had never seen it.  She was mildly interested at first, but then got really into it, and we both laughed frequently.  We liked the part where Phil ordered lunch from the cop; and the guy in the middle wanted pancakes! At the end, we talked about the character arc, although she didn’t realize that was what we were discussing.  We agreed that it took Phil way too long to figure out what he acknowledged at the end:  Whatever happens tomorrow, or for the rest of my life, I’m happy now.  That, we decided, is basically the secret of contentment.  

So we chatted about the movie, and Autmn said she wouldn’t even know if she was reliving a day until she got to school and realized she was in the same class as the last time.  THEN we discovered how cool it would be if we really COULD have a Groundhog Day experience.  We could eat anything we wanted.  We could get up in the morning, fly to Paris, spend the day, and wake up in the morning in our own bed.  We could drive anywhere, and we’d never use up the gas.  Never run out of food.  Go to a different place or do something different every day – and wake up in the morning in our own bed.  And Autmn warned me that we couldn’t sleep in; we’d have to get up early!  So 6am it is! 

She wanted to go to Florida and stick her feet in the water and lounge on the beach in her bathing suit; then go to Disney World as many times as she wanted.  I picked going to Switzerland  and just about anywhere new and interesting.  So if you happen to wake up some morning, and you can’t find either Autmn or me, don’t be alarmed.  We’re just living our Groundhog Day dream, jetting around and living the fun life!  We’ll send you a post card.  Tomorrow….