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For some reason, I just don’t seem to be the talk-show format type of viewer. Every once in a while I will tune in (actually I set up my taping device) to a talk show to see if I think I might enjoy watching it… I know that there are so many other people who love these shows. I guess that I’m just not interested enough in what guest “stars” think or do.

That was all before The Bonnie Hunt Show. Since the show is still in its infancy (this is its debut week) some might think that I will change my mind…. and I might! But I think that I have finally hit upon a talk show that really appeals to me. I don’t know if it’s the fact that I have always enjoyed the humor of Bonnie Hunt… or if it’s because she comes from a “working” background (Did you know that she used to be an R. N.?)… or if it’s because she seems so “normal”… But, I have been tuning into her show this past week, and I love it!

She talks to “normal” people, while sprinkling in the mandatory “stars”… She talks about her family, and how much she adores her siblings and their children… She talks about finding “rats” in her house (although I want to think that they are mice… which seem a little more palpable than rats!) She talks to her crew and actually knows their names… She just seems so “normal” and is so funny. And, dare I say it, the show seems so… positive. It’s hard to describe it… I just felt myself smiling all the way through it… and loved that she actually seems to like her staff… sort of a “feel good” type of show.

Anyway, that’s my current take on The Bonnie Hunt Show… Who knows what I’ll think in a year… But right now… I am loving it!

OK!!! What’s with this weather in San Antonio! I was talking to my college roommate the other night, who was saying that her weather forecast looked awful… She lives in the eastern part of Iowa, and she was talking about possible dips down to 38°. So, of course, I had to go and google her city… and sure enough, fall/autumn is upon us! When I say “us”… I don’t mean the people here in San  Antonio. Our seven day forecast ranges with temperatures from 67° to 95°.

So, probably many of you are wondering… Is this woman ever happy!?! How can you complain about those types of temperatures!?!

The answer is this: I have lived in Connecticut, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska… Maryland and Virginia (on very cold days!) and I just expect certain things to go hand-in-hand with the first sightings of the bright yellow/orange school buses, and those things certainly don’t include shorts and sleeveless shirts!

I guess it’s just that time of year: I’m going to have to get out my seasonal cozy mysteries and my 3-D fall/autumn stickers so that I can be reminded that yes, indeed… fall/autumn is on the way…

I know that I wrote about this last year, but already I miss my daughter. Luckily, my son lives right here in San Antonio, but my time with our daughter was way too short this summer. She interned (again!!!) for most of the summer, but she was able to “give us” two weeks at home before returning to college.

When I was growing up, my summer jobs consisted of just that… summer jobs. It seems like today, students who want to get ahead have to intern in jobs that are essentially “try outs” for the jobs they will hold when they graduate from college.

I remember some of my summer jobs: salad “girl” at an Officer’s Club, dessert “girl” at that same club, greeter at a lake resort, envelope stuffer at that same resort, neighborhood newspaper girl… not anything that actually contributed to my formal education. Those jobs, however, did contribute to me learning the importance of holding a job, showing up on time, and working for my wages.

Although my jobs weren’t anything like today’s society (almost) requires of our college students, my jobs did actually fulfill their roles of teaching me that, in short, money doesn’t grow on trees and that you have to strive to be the best you can be in any situation in which you find yourself.

Of course, as I proof read this blog I am struck with how I totally lost the initial point of my blog… Summer is over and students are back in school… whether they still live at home or they are off to other locations… those of us who are parents miss them terribly.