Just by the way

I thought I'd just mention my love for thrift stores. They may be dirty and musty, but the challenge of searching through the junk at the thrift store for cute clothes is like a treasure hunt. Where else can you buy three adorable shirts and a pair of pants for less than $20? :)

Hair

A few people have asked to see my new hair cut, so...here you go.

We live in a beautiful place!

This weekend, Dave and I went to the mountains for a stroll and a short hike. After, we had a delicious lunch.

(A nice shot of Dave)

(A lady on the trail saw us taking pictures, and she offered to take one of us.)

(Here I am, devouring my sandwich. Nom, nom, nom!)

(Nature, in all its lovely delicateness)

(A nice view of Dave's behind as he makes his way up the hill)

(The trees were starting to change color!)

Questions on my mind

When oh when will the ice cream trucks go back to their garages for the season and stop playing "Turkey in the Straw" over and over and OVER again every evening?

Is it possible to analyze a text too much? I don't think my lit theory teacher thinks so.

How much longer will it stay warm(-ish)? Is it sweater season now, or not? And...how much longer am I allowed to wear flip-flops?

When will I get to go back to Disneyland? I want to live in a childish fantasy and wait in line for magical rides for a week.

Do people still follow that "no white after labor day" rule? And...what does that apply to, exactly? Shoes? All clothes?

Why did Halloween merchandise show up on the seasonal aisle of the grocery store at the beginning of September? I swear it didn't used to be that way...

That does it for now.

What to say?

Here is an update. Dave and I are sick. It's some kind of food poisoning, I assume. We have both been overwhelmed with reading for school, but of course we made plenty of time to play Super Mario Brothers 3 yesterday. It's not like we could really get up and do anything else, since we were all ready to vomit and all (which I did, by the way, later that night, since you want to know). But we totally beat World 6! We are awesome.

It might be nice...

...if I updated at least one time a week.

So...happy Tuesday!

I go to classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so they are my especially busy days. Dave is busy, well, EVERYday. We have been remembering quite quickly how hectic it is to be back in school and working. Wasn't summer so nice? *sigh*

And you know what? Advanced Literary Theory is, in reality, as difficult as the name makes it sound. Just by the way :)

Life and School

Fall semester has begun. Life is interesting. Those sweet, warm summer days that we savored are almost completely behind us, and it's not easy to let go.

I tend to get nervous when fall comes. I don't know what it is exactly, but I'd guess it has to do with "back to school" anxiety. Even though I don't have to endure the sheer terror of middle- and high-school ever again, the worry still returns to me automatically each fall. That's not to say that college isn't hard, but it doesn't cause the same stress.

I'm moving up in school. Instead of taking silly classes like math and English 1010, I'm now getting into real English courses, or what one might call "upper division" classes. How about a class called Modern English Grammars? Or even one called Advanced Literary Theory? Well, both are on the menu for this sememster, and I think I'm going to have a lot on my plate.

Dave, on the other hand, will probably have a lot of fun this semester. He's getting into stuff that he is really going to use when he starts teaching. He's taking a class about PE, and another where he'll learn how to get hired as a teacher. I'm excited for him!

So that's our little "update" on life and school.

Also, I recently realized something about Dave and me. We always seem to get into stuff at least 2 years after it has already been popular. For instance, our game systems are all outdated compared to whatever is new these days (not that we play that many games, but still, I'm trying to make a point here). We finally gave in to the cell-phone obsession years after everyone else already had them, and we still don't have unlimited texts or anything like that. We don't have video iPods, or even iPods at all...just our little 1-gig mp3 players, which most would laugh at. And of course, there is our most recent past-time: watching "The Office." It was new 3 years ago, but we have only just started to watch it and discover it's sweet, sweet goodness. We finished the 2nd season last night...and we LOVE it! :) Hopefully we'll have enough time to watch more before the semester really gets into full swing and we have zero time to do anything like that.

That's it for today. Love you all!