Between September and November

With October making its grand entrance into 2008 tomorrow, I feel like my dear old friend Fall is finally here. The last couple of weeks we have had such hot weather (or at least for my taste) and I was beginning to feel down that I might miss the brisk air that usually accompanies this season. But my little heart did flips in its four-chambered form when I felt the breeze whip my hair around as I walked to class feeling quite light indeed.

October is my favoritest month (yes, favoritest!) of all time and I just know it is going to be magical this year. I was bored at work today when I should have been studying for a huge midterm next week, so of course I spent my time wisely by reading a book and journaling. I made a list of Octoberish things I'm looking forward to:

1. Changing colors of leaves-- a beautiful array of red, orange and golden tones
2. Honey crisp apples (Seriously the BEST type of apple around-- expensive, yes-- but sooooo much worth it and you can only find them in stores in October; they get kind of sparse the rest of the year.)
3. Fall Break
4. Carving pumpkins
5. Apple Festival
6. Candy corn
7. HALLOWEEN!
8. Frosted butterscotch cookies
9. Hot apple cider
10. Gary's Berries and corn maze
11. Ghost stories
12. Haunted house tour
13. Cemeteries
14. Sweaters, scarves and hats
15. The Lumberjacket
16. Full moon
17. Vampire and werewolf tales


P.S. I still do not have an idea for what I'm going to be for Halloween! I can't believe it. One kinda crazy idea came to mind last night, but I'm not sure if this one will work...

Oh, and I also wrote my very first vampire poem at work, but it needs a little tweaking, so maybe once Halloween comes a little closer I will post it. ;)

Make haste, make haste!

Today I saw a line of girls riding their scooters at a fast pace. However, one girl was not so fortunate as to own this scooter and was forced to run alongside the other girls. I laughed out loud. I wish I had gotten a picture of this.

Kellis explains it all

I have this professor for Human Impact on the Environment and his name is Kellis Bayless, but on the first day of class he told us that he prefers that his students call him Kellis-- first name basis already.

However, Kellis and I go way back. I took Intro. to Bio. from him my sophomore year and although I'm definitely not a science person, I enjoyed the class mainly because of Kellis's little quirks. Let me expand on this a bit-- let's have an interjectory "Kellis' little quirks"-- the KLQ's, if you will:

1. When Kellis gets going and really feels passionate about something he's talking about in his lecture, he blinks excessively to the point where he can barely keep his eyes open.

2. I can't believe I didn't start with this one and I'm not sure if you can tell by the oh-so-sneaky picture I took on my cell phone on my desk, but! Kellis has long, straight hair that hangs down his back-- most of the time, he keeps it contained in a pony, but some days he will leave it down and it's glorious (as all hair must be). He hides his stickly frame, cloaking himself in Mom jeans, tennis shoes, and the common hippie's tye-dye t-shirt or button down shirt, always in earth tones. Kellis doesn't like to be flashy.

3. I've saved the best KLQ for last: the words that come out of his mouth. Sometimes the things he says make me furrow my brow and mentally ask, "WTH?" Some of the most random things or nerdiest things I've heard, I've heard from Kellis. And of course, wanting to forever remember them, they instantly become quotes, written in the margins of my notes.

I will be posting an occasional entry that I will call "Kellis Quotes" in which you will get to live vicariously through my experiences with the Bayless. I'll leave you with this little treasure:

[stopping mid-lecture and plopping himself down in his chair] "Maybe I'm foolish... But I like to eat pudding. I really like chocolate pudding. You can buy those single serving pudding cups, but those really piss me off because you can eat them in like two bites. I've stopped buying and eating pudding because I don't have an oven."

Tonight:

I taught my mom how to text. Prepare, world, efficiency has just gone to a new level. Those baby boomers never stop, do they? Their technichal knowledge just keeps growing exponentially!

Want some... apple?

The Apple Festival is next Sunday in the Old Prairie Town at Ward Meade Park.

"Demonstrations of pioneer skills, blacksmiths, quilters, musicians, craftsmen, and culinary artists make this a must-see fall activity. Everything from Bierocks to Barbeque - from sarsaparilla to Green Rivers, and, of course, apples - in caramel, in pie, in fritters, in cider!"
-City of Topeka website

It sounds like a cheese ball 'o' fun! I think it would be fun to go and take pictures of the pioneer people and of course, sample the FRITTERS! Who wants to go with me?

Friday night's alright for fighting

I finally went to see the doctor today and whatever's going on with my body might be two things:

1. I have a really nasty cold/flu

or

2. I might have walking pneumonia.

At this point, I have had a fever and night sweats every night this week since Monday, where I have only gotten a few hours of sleep per night. Last night I even made it a point to drink lots of Benadryl and go to sleep early. I lay in my bed for HOURS and I was so hot, wearing only a t-shirt and shorts at that. I took my temperature and it was 100.5. Ahhhh, all I want to do is SLEEP and I can't! That is probably the most frustrating thing of all... I finally cried about it today. What an awful week.

The doctor said that if the fever and cough (which began today) continue, I may have walking pneumonia. And she did give me a prescription for an antibiotic if that's the case. I'm sick of taking antibiotics! And because of my lack of appetite, I've lost three pounds just since Monday.

I got some DVD's from the library to keep me company tonight, so it can't be all bad. AND I found a book that I LOVED reading when I was 10.

Being sick = sucky

When you're sick, who else do you have to complain to besides your blog? Here's my pity party: (you can totally ignore this post if you want, but I figured since it's my blog no one's making you read this)

I didn't get to celebrate the first official day of Fall because I was lying in my bed hoping I wouldn't puke. When I got up yesterday morning at 7, I had planned to go to the rec and workout but I knew that was not going to happen. I just felt achy and like I might faint. I had a test in Spanish so I knew that I should just go and get it over with so I wouldn't have to make it up later. After my classes I was just walking back to my car and just felt really really hot. Got back home and lay down for a while, drinking tea and popping an Advil into my mouth like it was candy. I thought it even tasted sweet.

I had a paper due today, which I'd written about half of it so I stayed up for a while trying to get it done so that I could turn it in today. I went to bed around midnight shivering, even though I had two sweatshirts on, long pants, socks, and two blankets hugging my body. I lay in bed for hours and hours and never went to sleep. I think I had slept a little though because my eyes were super red. I stumbled up the stairs, hoping I could go to school today (really, who hopes that?) and when I was explaining to my mom how I felt I was overcome with an intense feeling that I might lose all the crackers I had ingested yesterday. And then I was overwhelmed with an intense heat, coursing through my body and I could not stop sweating.

Okay, I'll stop with the details. Today I've done nothing but sleep and watch movies and I still feel awful. I'm hoping I can get to sleep tonight and shake this nasty bug.

I was looking at facebook just now and it seems like a lot of people are sick, too. So beware, drink your orange juice and sleep! This is a nasty flu.