sayonara

   Congratulations, summer! You officially win the Shortest Season Ever award! Leaves are falling, it fell to 42 degrees last night and I ordered my first hot spiced chai. Hello autumn!

   I actually really love fall. I especially love the colors – I even have a leaf collection from around this time last year!

See?

   I love the crisp, clear air and the earthy smells of…well…decomposing leaves. I love pulling out my warm jackets and bringing a thermos of coffee to school. I love cuddling up in a blanket in front of my fireplace. So much seasonly love! But I’m still sad to see summer go. Come back soon…?

   Today was a super awesome way to end Summer 2012 however. Woke up almost too late to make it to the 9:00am church service but made it out the door with just enough time to grab the usual “iced coffees with a little bit of cream” from City Brew with my crew (see what I did there?).

   After church, we three amigos went to breakfast at our favorite joint “The Western”. Brief descriptive picture to follow:

For those of you that are thinking "what in the world are those lumpy, brown flying things?" or "what's with the letter U...?" it's simply my attempt at drawing mounted antlers and horse shoes. Be jealous of my skillz.

   I ate my meal in approximately eight minutes. Nothin’ but class.

   Garrett and I convinced our fellow Sunday comrade to join us in a casual hike to celebrate the last day of summer vacay. She agreed so we headed up the canyon to trek up an easy but beautiful path to Palisade Falls. Little did she know it was all just part of her boyfriend’s EXTREMELY elaborate proposal plan! It worked flawlessly and I felt so honored to be a part of it. I’d give all the details but it’s not my story to tell ;)

   The day ended with some relaxing, room cleaning and first day of school prep. These next sixteen/seventeen/eighteen…? weeks are going to be a major test for me. I plan to keep at least 73% of my sanity at all time for the sake of my roommate and fiancé. But if I don’t then, well, I guess you’ll know because my posts probably won’t make any sense.

   That being said, bring it on senior year!