Happy Sunday!
So tomorrow begins my first day as a graduate student at GWU!! Can't believe that I'm starting school again! But I can believe that instead of sitting doing my readings for tomorrow, I'm reading old Holly posts (trying to find a good recipe for dinner... kind of) and openly wishing it were Autumn already.
So incase you are brand new here, I'm originally from Boston, born and raised in New England, where Fall is the best thing that happens EVERY YEAR (even though it's followed by some incredibly crappy Winters). So this year, in order to be a wicked awesome grad student, I moved to Alexandria Virginia. Which translates to: it's currently in the 90's here and this is UNACCEPTABLE! It's been 3 year since I've been in school and beginning my new journey, hopefully to a more permanent place in academia, and I want it to be long-sleeve season. I want a REALLY good excuse to go buy some fresh new sweaters and actually get the chance to wear them in the next month. But alas, while looking oh-so-forward to a milder Winter, I also had to extend my Summer. Wow this sounds like a whiny post, but the point I'm actually trying to make is, I went on vacation with my boyfriend's family to Maine for 10 days before he and I moved to VA. And I'm not just talking about still kind-of New Hampshire, practically still Massachusetts, Kittery Maine, I'm talking about 4 more hours driving North of that. So by the end of the vacation it had really started to cool down on the lake and it felt like Fall was coming (because in that part of Maine it's probably already Winter). But when I got excited about it and told my boyfriend how it's my favorite time of year his response, "Honey, I hate to break it to you, but we have about 2 more months of Summer coming to us in Virginia." ...Needless to say he's right.
I guess this is my really long/ranty way of saying I want to make Chili for dinner tonight (or some kind of soup), while wearing a long-sleeved T-shirt, and without my A/C running. Being this in love with Fall means not wanting to wait for it anymore! (And not wanting to read about all of my friends back home having Pumpkin Coffee at Dunkin!! Stop it people!!)
So, now to get back to my British Lit readings, that way I'm prepared on my first day as a grad student. Or maybe some more inspiring Holly posts. Mostly, I just need to channel the fact that I will not be perfect, but I am going to be real and honestly Elizabeth during school. Which was not at all how my undergrad career went. Wish me luck!
~E
