Fall fall fall

Work: This week is the one not-busy week for work. Luckily, it happens to be the busiest week of school for me so far this semester. I say luckily because I can skimp on work in the name of homework this week more than I could any other week. Really, I shouldn't be writing this blog right now, I should be studying for a rather hefty exam tomorrow....but I digress. I just want to say, I am enjoying the benefits of having a job that requires some physical labor, because my arms are nice and toned and I am dropping weight!
My manager is really nice and very easy to talk to. My coworkers and I get along quite well, and there's kind of this thing where we try to do tricks. You know those tricks that people do with their hands in elementary school? We love stuff like that.

Home:Due to the busy schedules Craig and I have, our apartment looks like a disaster. When it's clean, it looks great, I promise. But today, it is not clean. Also, we've both had major problems staying asleep lately, and for a while we couldn't figure out what it was. Today, Craig realized that it's probably due to the fact that we have a semi-studio apartment, meaning there are only walls, not doors, between rooms. All my life I've never enjoyed sleeping in a room with an open door. So, we are going to get a nice curtain to hang in the doorway between the front room and our room. Hopefully that will help us sleep better!

School: psshhhhh...it's stressful. What else is there to discuss? I am going to go to the career counseling center soon to decide what direction to go in my major and look at other major/minor options. I just don't feel very excited about what I am learning in my major.

Fun: We are helping out with selling crafts at the family booth at Sleepy Millcreek Hollow this year. Sleepy Millcreek Hollow (sleepymillcreekhollow.com) is a little Halloween festival (including a haunted trail) put on by the same people that coordinate the ever-popular Renaissance Fair held every May. I absolutely love being involved in this. I love sitting out in the fall woods sharing a love for costumes and handmade goodies with other people.

This is my gypsy costume from last week. Of course, everything in this "costume" is clothing I already own and wear.

This is our booth. Simple and natural.

Other than that, I think grocery shopping can be pretty fun. Between school and work, opportunities for socializing are scarce right now, so we just try to make our everyday activities as fun as possible.

Me: Other than all of that, I am just trying to keep up. I play with makeup whenever the opportunity arises, and make crafts when I can. I am in a wonderful institute class where Craig and I have grown so much spiritually. I am looking to join a couple of clubs on campus, and I try to resist impulse buying :) Mostly, I just try to keep it real.