Caesar Augustus

Goodness gracious, I love this month! August just means pure happiness and joy to me. One, it's my birthday month! Two, it's hot as all-get-out and adore hot weather! Three, school usually starts during this month, and the excitement of learning and getting new school supplies, and starting fresh notebooks filled with your thoughts is just amazing!!!

Yes, the 8th month just has it all. And, thanks to a strong sense of self (or an embarrassing degree of self-adulation) my favorite numbers have always been 8, 23, and 79 (my birthday...yeah, I'm not that creative). I do remember being a bit broken-hearted when I found out that October really was the "8th" month; my sister is an October birthday, and I was a little peaked to realize that she technically "owned" the 8th month. Luckily for me and my silliness, I love Roman history, so I appreciate Julius Caesar deciding to own his whole birth month...and his successor Caesar Augustus deciding to do the same. That kind of confidence and power is pretty amazing and amusing. I mean, let's not give Julius too much credit--he still should have watched out during the Ides of March and listened to his wife. However, both Julius and Augustus chose wonderful, hot, amazing months...and managed to continue a strong empire while they were at it.

History is simply grand. Also, while I'm in an odd mood, I love the "ae" of Caesar (though when it's actually joined together, that's the best...I just couldn't figure out to do the joined character for this post--does anyone know how?). I have often thought that I'd love to name a child something that joined those character. My thought was Aemalia (a combination of Amelia and Emilia), but I don't think Adam is so keen on that particular idea. Does anyone know some names (boy or girl) who use the "ae" character?

Finally, here's a picture taken a couple of years ago of some fabulous August birthday girls: Grandma, my cousin-in-law Mary, and me! :) Happy August!!!