Nurses, Police, and Teachers can tell you that things go crazy when there is a full moon. The energy kind of ramps up a bit, and usually chaos follows closely behind.
But what if there isn’t a full moon in sight?
Friday, on my way to work, I listened to my grandson in the back seat talk softly and sweetly to the sky. I asked him what he was doing, and he said, “My friends are following me.”
“Who are your friends?”
“The moon and the star. They are following me.”
I glanced out the window and up at the sky where a crescent moon and “star” (I’m pretty sure that’s a planet) were gleaming through spotty cloud cover. “Oh,” I replied. “Well, I guess they are just going to have to follow us to school, aren’t they?”
“Yep!” he said with a small laugh.
It was sweet and innocent. When we pulled into the parking lot, he glanced up and told them both goodbye. As we entered the building, a sudden change came over him. This sweet child suddenly became fully animated, highly hyper, and louder than usual. My first thoughts were that I needed to make sure he had his medication. Fridays are generally hard for him because he is excited about the weekend and seeing mom. He’s also super-focused on the end of the day. How many hours until…? How much longer…? When do we…?
By the time I walked up for morning duty, he was still in a somewhat hyper state, but seemed to be coming down.
When the students came in, it was the same transition for them. A sudden animation, hyper, loud, and unusually rowdy. This same state carried throughout the day. Several teachers and I exchanged glances with the same question, “Is it a full moon?”
We don’t see this type of behavior during a crescent moon. We don’t randomly see this when we haven’t. It was insanity. In the classroom and out of the classroom. It was almost like they were anticipating something that we couldn’t. They were excited, but we were not.
Of course, this week will be the last full week before our Thanksgiving break. I’m looking forward to that break. Seven school days, and then we have five days off. We will come back, work three weeks, and then we have a lovely three week break. This school year seems to be slipping quickly by for us. Maybe that is the “feeling” that is in the air? Perhaps they feel the excitement of a new year approaching. The excitement of a change.
For me, I’m excited to leave 2023 behind me. It’s been a difficult year. December 16th will be one year since my son’s accident. 2023 has been filled with one thing after another. His recovery is still ongoing. Dealing with the insurance is still ongoing.
Maybe I, too, should be excited.
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