souls

It's been a beautiful couple of weeks. Although there has been death and trauma, due to the numerous tornadoes around areas close to us, we have been blessed to have been left out of all of that.

You know those types of days where you're driving with the windows down, and your hair is flowing in the wind? Your face feels clear, you're sure that your eyes are shining, and you're quite possibly the most beautiful and joyful being that ever was?

I've had about a week of that.

In reality, my hair is matted and tangled, because wind does things like that to hair. And my eyes are red and watering, because allergies are BAD right now. My skin is broken out like it usually is, and my stomach hangs over my jeans.

But I FEEL invincible this week. I don't know what it is... or maybe I do, and I just can't explain it. I'm so happy. I have wonderful, supportive friends and family, and I'm preparing to marry my best friend. This is a truly wonderful time. I've got some bittersweet thoughts running through my head, too, but it's a back-burner type of thing. Maybe I'll write about that, later.

So here are the highlights: antiquing, nature center, Buffy the Vampire reading, Wahoo with my future family, Anthony "teaching" Avery how to walk at 2 months, getting my tattoo touched up (FREE!), getting my nose re-pierced (I can take it out in time for the wedding, mom. And I can cover it up for work. Don't freak out.), seeing an incredible puppet show of one of my favorite children's books with my amazing friend, and simply enjoying the trees.. the deer.. the sun.. the grass..

Everything feels pretty good right now. I have bad, bad days, and I write about those a lot. Today's a day for happiness.

Oh, and in case you want to hate yourself, or simply be in AWE of some incredible talent, check out this video. It makes me want to bust out my electric violin... although it wouldn't be nearly this awesome.



Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard. ~Anne Sexton

fallin'

Okay, so this season has been the best. I love fall, but you see... Texas doesn't do the "seasons" concept very well, and the last two "falls" were spent under extreme situations regarding unpleasantry. ANYWAY, this fall has been amazing! My apartment has always had the fall color/decor, which makes it extra festive.

 I get to take the residents through various fall traditions. I just love it. I wish that I could post pictures of them, but I can't. :( Here are some boring, non-resident, work pictures. Just know that my oldies are super awesome and the pictures I took are super adorable. I know, super.









To start off, we went camping last weekend. But that's another blog post... once I get Amanda's pictures that she took. ;) I really enjoyed the 15 hours we spent there, and I can't wait to go again! These people are pretty cool. I'm not an incredibly social person, but I really liked hanging out with this group of people. Here is a preview...

I've been baking like crazy... and I'll post that stuff later, too.

Anyway, even though it hasn't rained very much, being a Texan, I still think that the leaves look amazing. So Antho and I went to the nature center yesterday to go for a walk.

We did a bit of trespassing... WE DO DANGEROUS THINGS BECAUSE WE ARE DANGEROUS PEOPLE. Just kidding. I just wanted a picture. Thank goodness I didn't get poison ivy.

We stopped to get pumpkins for Lindsey and Brendan's birthday party today... HUGE! I lost ten pounds carrying it to the car.

(I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!)

I got home to my mail box and found this:

It's official!!!!!! I have a degree!!!!! I actually did it!!!! I was so scared that some fluke would keep me from graduating. But no- it is October, and I have official looking proof that I did indeed graduate in August!!YAHOO.

In other news, I've been baking, playing WoW with Anthony...



... watching Community, which is a hilarious show. WATCH THIS. (I only started watching it a week ago, and then Suzy posted a video a few days ago... it was a sign. I was meant to watch it. Ha.)

... and enjoying life in any way I can. My family is coming to Springfield for Thanksgiving, and I cannot wait. I'm surrounded by people I love, and everything is beautiful this time of year. This was extremely picture heavy, so I'm sorry that I just dumped a month's worth of stuff into one post. Thanks for reading!

Cheers!