All the leaves are brown...

You know the old Mamas and the papas tune....

all the leaves are brown ( all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is grey....

Thats what it feels like here in NY and the summer isn't even over yet. To tell the truth I'm offended.

I mean, I bought a wrap to use at my brothers wedding but really didn't think I would need it. It's looking good that I will use it, sad to say.

I have stopped wearing shorts, I'm in capri's exclusively now and starting to wear long sleeves again. Frankly its annoying. The summer is gone...

But I have to say, this is the time of year that I love. Fall is still my favorite of all seasons. Seriously, I love the colors, I love the smells in the air, I love the foods we start eating and I love the fall clothes. I have pumpkin scented candles I took out and a fireplace scented one. I love these things.

I am also really nostalgic at this time of year. I cry more easily at emotional things on TV or movies. For awhile I thought that I seriously missed being in school. But I don't. I don't want the stress of classes or the pressure of practicing for a grade, or more to do than I already have ( not that I think thats actually possible. ). What I miss most is the fun I had in school. I am in regular contact with my closest buds, Bernie, Maplemama, and Jax and that has been one of my greatest joys. But its not just them, its all the nutty stuff we used to do.

These people are responsible for some of my greatest moments. An example is the time that My Christmas tree for our room arrived before the decorations did. Bernie and Maple thought it would be a great idea to decorate it with office and desk supplies. There were paperclip garlands, post it notes, scotch tape ornaments. Somewhere I have pictures that need to be scanned.

Another classic story would be moving Maplemama out of the loser dorm into our room. Now the trick here is to remember we already had 4 people living in a 4 man dorm. MAple made 5. We made our lounge area into a bedroom. It was very funny. It rained. I drove my Hyundai into the quad and loaded all of her belongings and her into it and drove into our own quad and unloaded her.

I still can't believe we lived that way for a year and no one noticed. Seriously.

We had a lot of good times in school and sometimes I miss the fact that the only responsibiliy I had was to me. To get good grades and do well. Now I have tons more responsibility. I love my life, but sometimes I miss the one I had backk then.

There's no going back. The four of us have "grown up" together. Our lives have taken somewhat different paths, but we all managed to keep our friendship alive and fresh.

Now if only they would invent euchre for the computer that can have four different players in different places...... that would be a hoot, but I doubt it let me stack the kitty with 9,10 and queens.......