Let the Chaos Begin
We did it!!! We survived!!! My least favorite portion of the year January 1 - Early April and we made it out of the other side!!! Yes, there are some hidden gems mixed in there. Super Bowl, birthdays, holidays (Groundhog day!) so it’s not like the end of the world miserable but it’s overall pretty brutal. And what lies ahead, starting with April 11th, really just magnifies the dungeon we just crawled out of!
Okay, so I totally picked April 11th as the official start of “The Season” for extremely scientific reasons:
It’s Chantel’s birthday (Happy B-day, queen 🥳)
Licks usually opens around now, which means ice cream cone in hand = vibes activated
And yes, I know this might not be a banner day for all the Taggies, but there are plenty of other signs that life is about to get REALLLL good.
Let’s talk spring. Technically, it starts March 20th, but let’s be real….March is basically February. Actual spring shows up fashionably late, righttttttt aboutttttt now. And if you need help keeping track of the real seasons, allow me to present:
The Bag Tag’s Offical & Most Accurate Seasonal Calendar™
Spring: April 11 – Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend
Summer: Memorial Day – Labor Day
Fall: Tuesday after Labor Day – Thanksgiving
Christmas: Black Friday – New Year’s Eve
Winter: January 1 – April 10
Anyway….back to our regularly scheduled program
Right now, things are happening. We’ve got The Masters on TV (time to pretend we care about golf), Easter baskets hidden, the sun starts flirting with us again, and NFL Draft season fills our feed. Next up: Cinco de Mayo margaritas, actual hikes that don’t involve frostbite, people wearing shorts land smiling, and suddenly…boom…it’s SUMMER.
Cue the cabin trips, lake days, grilled everything, fireworks, sunshine that refuses to go away, and cheeks sore from smiling too much. And wait…what is that? Oh baby, it’s Pumpkin Spice Latte season…that means….Fantasy football drafts season, the NFL returns, and before you can shout profanity at the TV, spooky season arrives!
Decorate the house. Rewatch Hocus Pocus. Light a candle that smells like “Haunted Forest.” Hide from the fact the sun now sets at 4:52 p.m.
Suddenly, it’s Thanksgiving, panicking to wake up to watch the Macy’s Parade while trying to remember the recipe to the turkey.
OH NOOOO
Our CHRISTMAS CARDs. OMG WE NEED TO GET OUTFITS AND FIND A SPOT. Wait check the Black Friday deals.
You blink, and it’s JOLLY SZN, twinkle lights everywhere, Mariah defrosted, and everyone’s acting weirdly merry even though it’s pitch black at 5 p.m. We ring in the new year watching Andy Cohen get progressively tipsier with Anderson Cooper, and vow to drink more water and "get organized" in January (lol).
AND WE HAVEN’T EVEN TALKED ABOUT POP CULTURE YET.
Fantastic Four? Stranger Things? CHAOS. IS. COMING.
So buckle up, friends. We made it. The rest of the year is an absolute thriller.
Let the fun begin.