Fall Back

We've had 3 days in a row of rain tossed together with some scattered showers and sprinkles (not actual sprinkles, that's a Seattle term, like "it's sprinkling outside").  You know what that means to me?

Fall has arrived. 

In like a Lion, I think, if this were spring and March.  Anyways, Fall is here and it's soggy and gloomy outside.  And people are still panicking and complaining, and I'm still feelin pretty good about it all.  Like, I have a one up on everyone because I've been through this before and I know I will survive.  But still, this weather makes me sleepy and if it continues for weeks it makes me kinda depressed.  Rain has to be balanced just like everything else in life. 

I'm in the computer lab at school, post-test, avoiding everyone like the plague.  There is one thing that I hate most in this world.  Above groundhogs, snakes, aliens, Seinfeld, the Ravens (that one's for you K), anything with the word Jagger in it, administrators who confiscate baby-duckies from the courtyard at nursing homes, and the part of Wyoming that doesn't have Yellowstone and Jackson Hole.  I hate talking about test.  I hate swapping answers, I hate feeling like you were wrong to pick C when everyone picked B, even though the right answer was C.  I hate thinking back on something that you can never change.  I just want to turn in my test, pack up my bag, and move on. 

So, I'm hiding out right now and typing.  Something I haven't done for awhile. It feels good.

I have a feeling this is going to be another long post.  The last post was kind of ridiculously long.  It would have been overkill if not for the strategically placed .......................... that divided up the sections. 

Tonight will be a busy night.  I know that right up front.  I faced that as I got out of bed today, hitting the snooze button an extra time because Lilly decided at 7:01, it was a good time to snuggle.  How can you not hit the snooze button?  It will be busy tonight because I have to do two days of work in one, in order to turn things in early.  That's because I won't be in class on Friday, because I'll be on a plane, headin to Seattle, to cram as much as I can possibly get done into four days. 

We're going to visit a Dahlia farm to check out wedding flowers. We're going to eat at Lola's and maybe Seatown Snack bar, and show Dad the church and reception site.  We're going to meet with the reception site lady.  We're going to show Dad the rehearsal dinner site.  We're going to look for back-up wedding flowers at Pike Place. I'm going to meet with an old friend and try to catch up while wiping the board clean to start over again.  I'm going to try to fit in a fire, and maybe camp out in a backpacking tent in the backyard.  I'm going to cook something. I'm going to visit with my brother. I'm going to have an early breakfast with my Mom's best friends and show off that honkin' rock. I'm going to talk to K three hours behind and have major flash-backs to when we did that for a year and a half, and realize how far we've come and all we take for granted. 

And, I'm going to get a haircut.  Not really though, just a trim because I have to have long hair for the next year. 



Tonight or tomorrow, before I go, I'm going to make my Fall List.