I ran into some friends today at the Tractor Supply Store. We hadn’t seen each other in a while, so we decided to have coffee together at the local diner before we all headed home again. We started talking about how tonight was the full moon and swapping stories about how the full moon sometimes effects them or people that they know.
Bob said his wife is a nurse in the local Emergency Room and that they get a lot busier during the full moon than any other time of the month. She said that they get more incidences of violence, saying the people’s tempers flare up more easily. She also claimed that more babies are born during the full moon.
Gary said that his youngest daughter gets a lot crankier than usual during the full moon, and tends to start arguments with her brothers and sisters on full moon days.
I’d heard that the police department has more people scheduled to work during the full moon too, because they have more domestic disturbance calls during the full moon. I don’t know if that’s true or not…. just something I’d heard. I think it’s an interesting idea, that the full moon effects our moods in that way.