Ahhh, this time of year...

Fall, for me, is my time of rebirth... The silliness of summer is behind me... (supposedly) I feel the most alive on those crisp apple days, wrapped up tight in a cozy sweater. I'm devastated I won't be able to join my family on their trek to New Hampshire, for it is truly the best place to celebrate fall.

I feel as if fall is the quiet before the storm, the storm of the holidays, and the fambly time. I'm always my most creative, and some of my best friendships started in the fall. I wrote previously about the first snow of the year (at least the first snow in my book), I was driving home from Barty's. When I got home, I satin the car, for a long, long time. I conversed with my thoughts as I watched the snow collect on the windshield and fall, sluggishly creating a fortress.

Its actually one of my favorite things to do... But I like it much better if there's someone else with me. Like the night I spent hours talking with one of my best of friends, Meg. That was the night I felt that switch flip, the "friends for life" switch that I am still so glad for today. The night my other best-friend-for-life, Tina, and I talked about life ahead... We were just girls in High School, and she was a mom in the making. I felt another switch that night, I felt my crazy care-free friend growing up and being responsible without me. There are so many switchy-flippy nights that came to my head, and made me realize just how far I really have come... Sometimes you don't realize how much things have changed unless you take a minute to stop and look around.

So I guess fall is when big pieces come together for me, when old things end, and new things sprout. I guess fall is for us phoenixes, to rise again from the ashes. As nature all around me is going out with a bang, I'm coming to life. No switches yet... other than the dropping out of college thing, but we still have time... we always have time.

What's This?! What's This?!

Tonight, as I drove home from Barty's, I discovered that it was snowing! There was enough snow that I had to brush off the car! It's not totally unlikely for it to snow in Utah, even in October, and it was really cold today... although, it did jumpstart those Christmas jitters!

But wait- I haven't even really gotten prepared for Halloween, let alone Christmas! It was only last week that I decided it's finally fall. I felt like Jack Skellington, on The Nightmare Before Christmas, all out of sorts, but in a pleasantly and unexpected way...

Not quite sure where to point my holiday compass to, all I have to say is, "Happy Holidays!"