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Monday, October 17, 2005

Thoughts of Autumn

Ah, the fall... I love the fall... well at least many parts of the season. It has been my favorite season for quite a while. I love the way leaves change colors to beautiful oranges and reds, and how when they fall off the trees they crunch under your feet as you walk. The beauty of the leaves in this area is not nearly as breathtaking as the autumn in Virginia... but I can still take pleasure in it. More things I love about the fall... apple cider, pumpkin spice lattes, hay rides, pumpkin patches, the sound of the heavy rain that we usually only get this time of year. The rest of the year it just drizzles. But the autumn brings with it rain like we had back East. Of course I do find myself being rather surprised that I'm enjoying rain so much these days. I must be getting used to being a Pacific Northwest dweller. :) On the other hand, the shorter days are very hard to adjust to. This getting dark by 6 thing is really an adjustment. And we haven't even changed our clocks back yet! Whoever scheduled Thanksgiving and Christmas knew what they were doing... putting those holidays towards the shortest days of the year to give you something to look forward to. But this year this busy holiday season means even more to me!!! I can't believe I'll be married two months from tomorrow!!!

I sometimes wonder what life was like before I was engaged. This wedding planning stuff is taking over all my free time and thinking!!! But given that my engagement is only 5 months, that is a rather short time to be consumed with weddings. :) Doug and I had an invitation making party about a week ago. With the help of about 13 friends we were able to complete the invitations... so those should be coming out shortly! Lots of details remain in the planning... but the biggest things are out of the way... I have my dress, bridesmaid’s dresses, venues, etc. Now we'll just have to get those guys set up with some tuxes and I guess we'll have to think about how the ceremony will actually go and what music to include and all. But it's all fun stuff, right? Okay back to reality... I have to work tomorrow so I better get off of here and into bed...