Lately, my life has been so full of action – but for me, the most notable thing is a very simple fact: I’ve been happy. It hasn’t been complicated – I’ve just been spending a lot of time silently giving thanks for all of the amazing things in my life, and I haven’t had to want for much of anything at all.
Okay, here’s the situation: I am not – and might I add, never will I be – a vegetarian. I love meat. I love steak. And the way I see it, if one loves steak, it will just be really difficult for one to ever seriously consider abandoning steak. Steak abandonment. AKA vegetarianism. Also, chicken! Mmmmmm.
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[New wall hangings to take up some blank space, finally. Prints all care of various wonderful family members – this is your wall!]
Oh hi!
What a week. At some point as an adult, you get used to not having plans every single day of the week like you used to in college, and actually, once you’re working 9-5, I think that downtime can be kind of crucial to your mental health.
OH YEAH, my blog!
Forgive me, friends. My only excuse is that at some point in the last few months, I’ve developed a life.
With that aside, life update: Work has been hectic but also great, and My Man (he has formally requested that I capitalize his title from now on, and who am I to deny Him?) and I have been spending lots of time with friends and family. Highlights include an awesome wine tasting, some happy hours and potlucks, and nights snuggling by the fire watching Glee with some of our buddies. Life has been pretty grand.
[FYI: This is not Colorado.]
Hello, what presumptuous jerk decreed that spring was the only season that could be sprung? Fall has sprung, and it has sprung HARD. So there.
Now that October is somehow here (and honestly, how did that happen???), I have prepared myself for the following realities:
1. I need a new pair of boots. And quickly.
2. What happens to the body around late September that suddenly makes pumpkin appropriate at all times? I’m being real here. Beer, pie, lattes, costumes, candle-holders (I guess that’s really only for one night, but still) – in much the way that my body seems to wake up every morning and say, “It seems to be morning! Coffee, please,” it seems that every fall, I am predisposed to purchase and indulge in every pumpkin-related item I can find. Once, there was body wash. I’m past that now. Although I may or may not have purchased some hand soap. Whoops.
TESS TAKES OVER THE WORLD! 