Summer is Officially Over

Ok, so summer was officially over 8 or 9 days ago, but it wasn't until yesterday's weather that I personally bid summer adieu. And I have to say I'm kind of glad, because I really love this weather (though I'll be happier when my apartment building turns on the furnace). It conjures up for me some of the best memories I have of my early life. Memories of high school marching band, or playing with my sister and neighborhood friends in big piles of freshly raked leaves. Crisp evenings at away high school football night games (they had to be away since my school doesn't have lights at the stadium). I enjoyed that time of my life immensely, and this time of year always brings it back.

I haven't posted in a while, and there have been some tumultuous changes since my last post. I'm not going to go into details, but suffice it to say that my world is a fairly different place now from what it was on September 13 (which I think was the last time I made a post). And that's saying something, since my world has changed continually and a lot in the past 6 months. The wise and sage adults in my life would probably tell me that that's just part of life, part of growing up. Getting used to the fact that nothing stays the same for very long. I guess it's a little strange to realize that I'm out of the academic bubble where change is slow and largely deflected from the student existence. Now change seems to come practically minute by minute, and there is little if any protection from it.

I've probably said this before, but if you know me well, you know that change is a concept that I struggle with. I try hard, but it is not very easy for me. I like change to come in nice, easy to process chunks, slow and steady, with a clear need for the change to happen. Fantasyland, right? I know it. A guy can dream though, right?

[36 hours later] Ok, I have a problem. I can't even finish a blog post without forgetting about it. I'm going to leave it here, because it's absolutely freezing in my apartment and my fingers are too stiff to type, but I'll try to pick up whatever thought process I had going on when I started. No promises, though!

Keep calm and carry on.