Jacob and Autumn

Jacob Donovan! We're so excited to have a nephew. Wendy and Daryl are wonderful parents. He's growing like crazy- off the charts in height and weight ('atta boy!). James and I got to spend a few days with him at the shore last week, and we just couldn't get enough of him! He's a little snugglebug!

Whew...I am so glad to have finished that race. Yahoo!!! I completed it in 1 hr. 34 minutes. I had hoped to break an hour and a half, but in the end, I was just thrilled to have finished the race! It was tougher than I thought it would be...9.2 miles is a long, long way to run. My legs feel something like Gumby legs today, and my poor toes are just crying! Anyhow, it's September 4th, and we're off, launching right into autumn. I am so thankful for the cooler days and the fall breeze! This is by far my favorite season...I love the warm, blazing autumn colors at the farmer's market- gold, maroon, and deep orange mums for sale (did you know that the word 'mum' is short for 'chrysanthemum'? Would you believe, I never knew that! What a discovery! The only reason I can actually spell 'chrysanthemum' is because Anne spelled it correctly in Mr. Phillips' spelling bee, beating Gilbert! Anne of Green Gables is always applicable to life in general.) Anyhow, here we are, Oliver and I, hanging out in our little apartment with the windows open, smelling the fall air. Actually I think I'm smelling his litterbox. Gross. Time to take care of that!
School starts today for me; James started last week. He already has a presentation this Thursday- this is his last semester of the Master's program! I'm so proud of him. He's is almost a MASTER of ENGLISH. Wow. How does anyone get to be called a Master of anything? Well, I'm taking a horrible Statistics course this fall, which I despise already. I don't want to know about charts or variables. Ugh. I'm mad just thinking about it. I'm also taking a pretty easy psychology course, which should be remotely interesting. I'm glad to have a reprieve from Anatomy and Physiology courses, so that I can work, work, work, all through September, and save up some money. Yes, I can feel it in my bones: chrysanthemums and chilly nights- this autumn is going to be a good one.