Just yesterday I think I spoke of the approach of summer and how all the vegetables were raring to go, and all I could think about was shorts and sunshine. Funny that as I write this it is hot probably like the day I awaited summer, and a fan is blowing in face, and every few minutes I sneeze as it picks up the dust in the room. Now I anticipate fall. Not that I look forward to greeting the outdoors with misery - walking everywhere has it glory until it's cold - but I am looking forward to the first few days of cold cheeks and wind tears.
I can vouch for DC from last November that fall here is gorgeous. I'm really excited to experience it. Last night we went to our first small group meeting, and we had chili and seasonal sierra nevadas and pumpkin cream cheese bread. And it was everything that it is every year; except that there is really nothing like the first pumpkin ale, the first changed japanese maple, the first frost of the season...
I start a new job in two Mondays. There is a lot of excitement and anxiety I'm experiencing, because it's the first big jump I've ever taken into adultness. Honestly, my hope is that I can still be young. At the end of the day I am 23. Except at the end of November 10th. But in reality, as much as I try to be grown up and responsible and essential in the work place...I still want to be my age. Something I've felt since moving up here is that I can't be silly anymore. Silly is one of the greatest expressions of candor out there, and, when expressed in small doses, it brings the sweetest fragrance of youth to even the oldest someones.
In other news I'm knitting a sweater. This is important to know, because you are now my accountability partners as I struggle to finish it. It is necessary to finish before it gets cold or else I don't know what I'm doing. Also...to friends two sizes smaller than me and a few sizes larger, you may be getting a surprise Christmas gift if this sweater does not go as planned...
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