summertime sadness

Fall is here! California fall still leans more on the warm side but we have definitely had a taste for that crisp fall air. I'm so excited for the weather to get more consistently cooler! Being under a warm blanket sounds very inviting, especially since October starts tomorrow!

This summer was such a good one though. One of my best, so far. I spent most of my Mondays playing kickball. My goal was to make it on base and I made it 2nd base - woop for me! We explored Palm Springs for the first time too. It's such a cute little town with crazy heat. My absolute favorite was getting to cross Hawaii off my very long travel list. We went to the beautiful Oahu for a glorious week and had the best time! I can't wait to see the other islands.

Fall sort of signifies new beginnings for me. Almost like the new year should start now rather than in January.  I'm excited for boots, scarfs, warm nights in and all the holiday festivities ahead. I cannot wait!

A lumberjack. What?!

So it's been five days since Dexter said goodbye forever, as far as we know, and I still am not over it. Not because it was the most amazing finale ever, but exactly the opposite. I side with the huge crowd who thinks the finale was bleh. My biggest complaint is that Deb died from a stroke. Not that she died period, I would have been okay with it had the gun shot got her because she would have died in the line of fire, doing what she loved most. They brought her back just so that she could tell Dexter she thought he deserved happiness and that she wanted to hike? Really? She could have told him that in their goodbye, before she got shot.

My second complaint...a lumberjack. What? Never, in all the hours I spent watching every single episode, would I have imagined that he'd end up a lumberjack. So he's trying to hide and being deep in the woods is one way to do it but Dexter is brilliant. He's gotten away with with so much, right under the police department's nose and the best he could do is go to the woods?

It's still one of my favorite shows of all time but that finally was so disappointing. 

Palm Springs

Even if it's just a couple hours from home, a weekend away is always refreshing, especially if it involves starting the weekend early! On Friday, we dropped our pup off at a kennel and jumped on the road to Palm Springs. It is such a cute little town with crazy hot weather, even for a southern Ca girl!

We headed straight to Mt. San Jacinto first, where we took an aerial tramway up 8,500 feet. It was at least 30 degrees cooler up there, so that was definitely a nice welcome into town.

I overestimated the comfort of my shoes, which I later paid for quite painfully, when I decided it was a good idea to to walk the 1.5 mile to downtown from our hotel for dinner. Palm Springs is such a sleepy town, time really seems to slow down when you're there. I credit the heat for the almost deserted streets; how can people have energy to do anything when moving your fingers alone starts a sweating frenzy!?

The best parts of visiting a new place is taking in the culture and tasting the food, so that's pretty much all we did. Our last day, we headed back into downtown for breakfast, the Palm Springs Art Museum and a stroll through the shops, oh and to see Marilyn of course!

It would definitely be awesome to go back when the weather cools out a little at home!

Arrival

I have arrived, safely, to my late 20s. When I was younger, I used to look to my 20s as a time where I would be set. Naturally, all my plans would have come to fruition by the time I was 25. That sounds really naive now that I'm 27 and am nowhere near set. I did most of what I planned but I don't know if I will ever really get to a point where I feel like I'm done. And really, that's probably a really good thing. Otherwise, what would I do? Like, what happens when you feel you're done? That doesn't sound fun.

Honestly though, most often than not, I find myself looking at the list of things I haven't yet done rather than appreciating those I have. I am an official grown up, I feel like one now and so I've been thinking I really need to start being the cup-is-half-full kind of person to myself and not just others. So, here's turning a new leave and being more positive with myself and appreciating the small (and big!) things in life.