August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. August begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Leo and ends in the sign of Virgo. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of Cancer and ends in the constellation of Leo.
This month was originally named Sextilis in Latin, because it was the sixth month in the ancient Roman calendar, which started in March about 750 BC under Romulus. It became the eighth month either when January and February were added to the beginning of the year by King Numa Pompilius about 700 BC or when those two months were moved from the end to the beginning of the year by the decemvirs about 450 BC (Roman writers disagree). It was renamed in honor of Augustus in 8 BC because several of the most significant events in his rise to power, culminating in the fall of Alexandria, which fell in this month. Lore claims August originally had 29 days in the Roman Republican calendar. Augustus took two days from February and gave it to August when Sextilis was renamed in his honor. See Month lengths how this commonly believed lore was proven wrong.
August’s flower is the gladiolus or poppy, and its birthstone is the peridot.
MONTHLY GOALS:
Go to III different bars and sing karaoke, working my way up to that week long karaoke stint
Campaign for another candidate
3 dates or equivalent
I went to Crescent Moon, Sullivan’s and Winchester’s so I accomplished that goal.
I had a date with *******, & *********, my 3rd day fizzeled out. So that’s it. So I am up to 20 push-ups this week. Doubled in less than a month.