I know I seem enthusiastic about almost everything that comes my way, but can I tell you how much I love this transition between summer and fall? The sun is out again this weekend after a week of overcast skies, and I think the temps will be up in the 80s mid-week (a bit hot, if you ask me). But with the colorful trees, piles of leaves on the sidewalk, crisp air–I never want to be inside. Yesterday, I walked around our neighborhood and took some pictures that I believed symbolized “autumn.” Today, I jogged around Greenlake and couldn’t stop smiling over the weather and the surroundings.

Weekend is good so far. I’m especially psyched about our trip to the pumpkin patch tomorrow. Pumpkins and gourds galore! Last night, I got a used Celine Dion CD–the one with “Beauty and the Beast,” “If you asked me to,” and “Water from the Moon.” (I know, I know, CELINE DION?!!) The latter is especially special to me because it reminds me of a Footworks piece from my junior year. I can’t believe I even remember a lot of the moves, so last night, I was dancing in the bedroom while Matt was in the shower. No way would I let him catch me doing that. I was so tempted to get U2’s “Achtung Baby” CD, too, which was only $2!!! But before we walked in there, Matt had said, “Now, don’t go buying out the whole store, which seems to happen every time we go into a used CD store.” So I resisted buying the U2 CD but was beating myself up over it on the way home. “Why didn’t you just buy it then?” asked Matt. ARGH.

I also saw a Geggy Tah CD. That band sings a song called “Whoever you are,” which it seems Dorc and I are the only two people in the world who remember it. If you know it, let me know. The song goes, “All I wanna do is to thank you, you who let me change lanes, while I was driving in my car…” and I can’t remember the rest. Anyone? Anyone?

A cool thing happened on the way home today from Greenlake. Aside from “Tennessee” from Arrested Development being on the radio, I saw Matt on the road! He was across a large intersection, and I only noticed because I thought I saw a hand waving out of the car. I almost didn’t recognize his car since he got a hard top for it. I thought that was cool to run into him in the city, though, esp. since neither of us were anywhere near the apartment. Small world.

Now I will leave you some “Autumn in Seattle” photos…