So close, and yet still so far away!

I love fall! It is a beautiful time of the year. I hear my neighbor endlessly working on mulching and raking up her leaves. I wonder if she ever spent a few minutes of the day watching them gracefully dance to the ground. Falling leaves can be as beautiful as falling snow. It's about all I've been able to enjoy the last several months, but especially the last several weeks. So much work. So little time. I do not believe graduate school and working full time should ever entertwine. Or at least maybe just 1 class a semester. I am working on my last research paper, my brain is trying once again to shut down, my house is a disaster, and my neighbor is still working on her fallen leaves. When this semester is over, I'm going to sit down and enjoy the people in my life. I think it's what I have missed the most. Although I feel as if I've learned alot, (I know what I am going to do with all of my picture from Europe thanks to my technology class) I also feel as if I've missed alot. But at least I still get to watch the leaves fall.