It's April, Fools!

April Fools day is made for us to laugh at ourselves so we don't cry about the fact that we are a quarter of the way through the year.

That's not actually true; according to Wikipedia, the custom of setting aside a day for the playing of harmless pranks upon one's neighbor is recognized everywhere, and some precursors of April Fools' Day include the Roman festival of Hilaria,^[2] the Holi festival of India,^[3] and the Medieval Feast of Fools. Back in ye olde days they used to celebrate New Year's Day in March, and April fool's day was the first day off after the holidays.

This is a 1926 prank that this was a new design of city bus. Appeals to various levels of humour I'm sure.

I don't know about you, but the fact that it is mid April has me more shook up than Elvis. 

 April fools us into a slight "we are a quarter of the way through the year, what have I achieved" depression. This I call "fourth month mania"

Symptoms of FMM include not wanting to wear winter clothing, making jokes instead of making small talk about what we have been up to, and just a general panic and unsettlement every Monday. 

At the end of this week I'm turning 25. A quarter of a century; 100 seasons, hitting the mid-twenties. I love birthdays and celebrating, but this is something I'm really struggling to come to terms with. 

So, to make myself get over it, and possibly help you deal with FMM, I have compiled a list of ideas and quotations to make us realise that whilst time might feel like it's slipping through our fingers, if you think back to last April and all you have done or experienced or learnt since then, it's not really bad enough for you to give up hope, hide under a duvet immersed in NCIS reruns.

1. January doesn't count as a month because most people are still on summer holiday, Feburary doesn't count either as it doesn't even have enough days, and March has a public holiday and another day devoted to drinking so that flies by too.

2. "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." -Einstien. 

3. "Time you enjoy wasting, is not time wasted"- John Lennon; proving that meandering around the supermarket is worthwhile after all.

4. Ancient Romans believed April was sacred to the goddess Venus, her Veneralia being held on the first day, it has been suggested that Aprilis was originally her month Aphrilis, from her equivalent Greek goddess name Aphrodite, therefore April is sexy. We start to wear ugg boots in April, so ugg boots are also sexy from henceforth. 

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6. You still have the amount of time it takes for a baby to be made and born until the start of next year, depending on ...you know.

7. Enrique Iglesias wants to

I. Be your hero
II. Kiss away your pain
III. Stand by you forever
Enrique Iglesias is your mother

That has nothing to do with April, it's just funny. 

8. Victoria Beckham shares the same birthday as me so you could say 17th of April is the poshest day. 

Hope that has helped your FMM (fourth month mania)

I'll be back in June to help cure your Sixth Month Sickness and in and August to rouse those Eighth Month Emotions.

Jj