Kicks and Giggles in the Cold

One knows that it is cold when on just drinks one's coffee. And I mean, doesn't wait for it to cool to that beautiful temperature between ice cream and molten lava, just drinks it straight out of the pot. That's what I did this morning. When I popped my head out of my hive, I shuttered and pushed on. Little Bumble Bees do not like the cold. It makes it hard to do things. It is hard to fly, and it is hard to get the work done. But that's the beauty of being a Bumble Bee, I always find something to be happy about. Today's happy thoughts comes to you from one of my college classes, Principles of Evolution. In a last attempt to completely and fully understand the content for a test, I discovered that I work very well with two of my classmates. We are all the beginning of a joke. Just picture this: a ladybug, a fly, and a bumble bee walk into the student center and begin to study for a test. Each one of these creatures is so different, and yet we worked very well together. This will surely begin a beautiful little biology friendship, and perhaps chemistry too. It is strange to think that insects of such different personalities can come together and help one another to learn.

I suppose this applies to my hive mate. Margie, a beautiful Monarch butterfly with whom I live with, get along wonderfully. We work so differently it is almost like two cogs of a clock that look completely different and yet fit perfectly to help the clock keep time and remember to be somewhere on time. How does that work? Does God throw dart at a board and decide that two people, who by all accounts should work perfectly, should be completely different and frustrate one another to no end? Maybe, we all need something to get our kicks and giggles.

I often get extra kicks and giggles during the month of October. My favorite holiday is Halloween. What other holiday can a little Bumble Bee dress up like a bird and go around eating candy shamelessly? This year it is increased ten fold as I am able to participate in many different activities with my hive. I am going to a Halloween Concert, participating in Haunted Housing, carving pumpkins at the Pumpkin Carving Contest, showing off my superb ability to change like a chameleon by being in the Halloween Fashion Show, and just over all enjoying myself. Which is excellent. I enjoy being around others. Bumble Bees are social creatures you know. Why else would we buzz around your head? Though at times, it is nice to get some time by myself. Growing up in a hive with so many other bees, privacy has become very important. But when one spends all of one's time with him, herself, and oneself, one becomes very lonely and soon doesn't enjoy being around others. This is the utmost unfortunate because being with ones fellow beings can be very refreshing. Now, many of my classmates have gotten out of their test and I shall talk with them.