I suppose I should update this.

AUTUMN IS HERE!! It hasn't quite hit me yet, since the weather has still been summery, but we have the Fall line out at work and I think it's just beautiful. Even the packaging on the Anniversary Blend is beautiful. Whoever designs the merchandise is really good. I'm really happy it's been raining lately too. I'm hoping it saves the color in the remaining leaves at Hanover so when I come down for Homecoming it'll be gorgious. Autumn at Hanover is the best -- well, without the actual school that is. hehe. It's the real reason I came there. The first time I visited, it was a particularly enchanting Autumn; the leaves were swirling all about the car as we drove toward campus -- like a sleek car commercial -- and I fell in love, before even seeing the campus. I love almost everything about Autumn: the leaves (of course), on the trees, on the ground, the way they make leaf-stenciled imprints on the pavement, the way they swirl about, the sound of crunching beneath your feet, making ginourmous piles of them and jumping!; I love cider; the crisp weather that makes you feel alive; pumpkin-flavored foods and drinks; sweaters, scarves, boots, hats -- almost all autumnal clothing (in fact, I'm dying for some new Fall clothes). Whenever I imagine myself falling in love, it's almost always in the Fall, in a woodsy area, with me wearing impeccably good-looking Fall clothes. Of course, as Risti said when discussing this subject on a previous day, "no one imagines themselves looking like crap" in their fantasies. haha. So true. I'd like to have at least one amazing-looking Fall outfit before I come to Hanover so I can live out this fantasy. Well, perhaps without the actual falling in love part, since everyone is younger than me now. ha.

I just put on freshly-removed-from-the-dryer pants, and it's one the most amazing feelings ever! I don't know why I've never done it before.

Well, I meant to have an actual update, but since I got distracted on my Autumn rant and I have to get ready for work, I'll save it for later.

The phone rang last night, saying it was St. Francis. I gave it to my dad because I thought it would have something to do with Evan, even though it was 9:00 at night. It was David, saying he'd been in a car accident the day before. He's okay, but he's probably going to have a few months of recovery.

Car accidents are upsetting to me, considering my family history. Plus, I'm used to being able to visit people when they're in the hospital, but he's in Connecticut. I had bad dreams last night and was happy to go to work today for distraction.

This past weekend I went to Hanover for the third visit of the summer -- this time for an InS Reunion (without the professors). Our department is small and puts you under a lot of stress, but that has really made the majors grow close to each other. Who could ask for better partners in crime? SSJ was home from her Fulbright experience in Germany, and I hadn't seen Benjamin since Istanbul, so it was a good time to meet up. So SSJ, Patty, and I headed down to HC to crash with Benjamin.

We hung out at MCAT a lot, ran into Kate and Katie, saw Brigid, went to Usch and Nick's for dinner and drinks Saturday night, and generally wasted away the few days. It was really refreshing to see them all again. No one can make me laugh as much as they can, and goodness knows we've all needed some laughter lately.

I also briefly saw Luke and Aastik on their way to some RAing, but I feel bad because I couldn't stop at the time to chat. Sorry! I'll be down during the school year though for sure. When everyone finally moves down it's going to be hard to stay away -- although I really don't want to be THAT alumus who lives at Hanover without actually living at Hanover.