T G I P

Wow. 51 minutes and my bank card gets reloaded. Now how cool is that?

Today was a strange day, that seems to have finished with a strange wind blowing through. You know, one of those winds that makes you feel like change is in the air. One of those winds that triggers your sensor lights and then makes crazy shapes dance on your shed. It is still mild, but the gusts make the trees dance and suggests that it could be really raining, but it is just the branches going wild and crazy. It brings with it fall, the days are getting shorter, and I feel my attitude shifting away from summer.

Have to wear a t-shirt to work for these first two weeks of school advertising our department. Can't say that I am quite keen about it. I don't feel all that professional in it, bright blue with jeans, or my black capris. For once, I have some cool work duds again and I would much prefer to be donning them than having to change in to my blueberry shirt once we open to see folks for the day. Haven't been insanely busy either, which feels odd. Other campus has been slammed, so I feel like I have gotten away with something, and yet I miss the vibe too.

Kitchen is actually clean again, and I finally decided to do something with my fishtank. It had a lovely green glow about it, that wasn't getting any better. I figured that the fish were preparing for some kind of crazy rebellion so I figured it was time to deal with it.

And... I entered a writing contest with a few poems.

GULP. I am out there now. I have my crossables crossed. May post them here eventually, not quite there yet though.

Well, my book beckons. I am reading Stones in the River by Ursula Hegi and it is a novel that slowly draws you in and then you are fully engulfed in the story. It is a story about being different, and when you first realize that you are different than other folks, and how that awareness shapes the rest of your life, this is to the backdrop of turn of the century Germany; so throw in a bit of tumultuous history told through a new perspective and unique voice. Pretty catchy I must say. But dense. I don't get through these kind of books nearly as quickly as the trade paperbacks which barely last an evening when I am fully hooked.