Good Omens

I'm a little sad that the summer is coming to an end but I'm also a little bit excited to start fall classes and have the students come back. Actually, I'm very excited about those things... it's just the eventual coming of winter that I'm dreading. It was cold out when I went to work this morning. If Fall is knocking on the door, I'm not answering.

Nobody is at work this week. Classes are out, students haven't quite returned, and there is a big conference going on. So things have been even more quiet than normal. I was walking to the library a couple days ago to return some books and was walking past the cemetery. I should pause in this story to explain that my master's thesis started in this cemetery and that thesis basically pulled my academic career out of the toilet. Long story short, there are two women with a common grave stone that were very influential in the early history of the university. I've found that I'm only able to find their grave sometimes though. That seems odd since it doesn't move and I know where it's at but for whatever reason I can only find it when things are going right in my life. I've spent hours walking up and down the rows looking for it and eventually just giving up and leaving. This last time as I was walking past I decided to go in and I walked right to it. I cleaned up a bit while I was there - removed some sticks, picked up a piece of trash, and brushed some pine needles off of one of the headstones. It felt good to be there. I know it's weird but I find the cemetery very centering and calming. I was only there for a minute or two then continued on the the library, where I checked out a few books so I could sit down and finish the last little bits of my thesis. That felt good too.

Other odds and ends:
~ I just placed an order on Amazon for my text books. Did you know students get a free year of Amazon Prime? Free 2 day shipping? Yes please!
~ Pandora keeps playing 80's rock ballads this morning and that makes me happy.
~ I'm going dancing this weekend!
~ It's Friday the 13th.
~ I'm leaving early to go to the farmers market.
~ I have a date on Sunday!!!
~ Speaking of Sunday... I was the substitute pretend pastor last week at church. It was a little surreal. I think in a good way though.
~ I went car shopping with a friend earlier this week. It was kinda fun but I'm super thankful that my family has a permanent standing deal with a fun salesman that totally hooks us up!
~ I might be over my desire to buy a Chevy Silverado now. ;-)
~ Did I mention that I have a date on Sunday?! I know I did... but I'm excited about it. No idea what we are doing. I don't really care.

Ok, I have arbitrarily decided to go find a breakfast burrito. Peace out!