In the mean time, Fall has been terrifically beautiful. The gorgeous colors are seriously a driving hazard. I am tempted to whip out my phone and snap a picture while cruising down the road (and have given in to temptation, on many occasions). Texting and driving never was a problem for me, but then they had to go ahead and build a camera into cell phones!
This month has been incredibly memorable. My job milking for the neighbor, Tyler, was concluded on the 5th and on the 7th I began milking for Tyler's friend's, Ted and Corey, who run a father/son dairy operation. I like to call it Milking Bootcamp because the herd size it twice as big as what it was at Tyler's and I'm carrying around heavy, automatic units the whole time, since it's a stanchion barn. I went from 1.5 hour milkings to 3 hour milkings, so it's quite the work-out. The challenge is good for me though and my new bosses are great to work with.
I've also been able to have some really fun times this month, even with the job change and crazy work-load. A good friend was just married this past weekend so I was able to take a little vacation to SoWis... which is one of my favorite things to do! The wedding was short and sweet.
There were SO MANY people there that I knew, so even though the church wouldn't allow dancing, the fellowship was endless and everyone had a wonderful time. I was able to hang out with this cool chick, Emily... who is the funnest person and I feel like we've been friends for years, even though we've only met twice.
I was also able to go visit Courtney! I don't get to see her often enough!
We had a great time full of spontaneous adventure and disaster. We went to church with her parents and Robbie; two messages on worship to the Lord and the influence we have on the lives of those around us. The we road home with Robbie in his dad's corvette.... so three people in a car that seats two. It was terrific! ;)
Courtney and I managed to make it to the beach on Lake Michigan and play with the camera for some fun pictures!
Did I mention that Courtney is one serious photogenic chick?!?!? ...some of us are meant to take the photographs and others are meant to be the subject in a picture. LOL I wish I could post all the cute pictures of her, but maybe I should save that for another post. ;) Oh and did I mention she has adorable dogs? This is Zirk... he's the bomb.
Then that evening my car decided to die on me. The alternator went bad! Courtney's dad was so kind and spend all evening fixing it... and according to my dad, the alternator isn't an easy fix. Thanks to Court's dad I made it home safe and sound.
...and this Tuesday, Sandy, KayLee and I had a chick's night out. Or more like in. We bummed all day on the couch watching chick-flicks, with snacks like chocolate chip banana bread and oreos. It doesn't get much better than that! =D
Well..... back to the real world. I stayed home from the woods today. Yes, it's pine tree season again and the little bit that I've been able to help, it's been a fun time with Sandy, Channing and Abe! ....and thankfully the trees are better to work with than last year.
Anyways, due to the snow and wetness, I stayed home so as to avoid getting pneumonia again. I enjoy these rare days at home when I get to work on chores around the house with tunes on Spotify to set the mood. I also try to catch up on blogging or editing photographs, and sketch something decent for the Inktober art challenge where you sketch one picture every day with only ink for a medium... (so pens, markers, calligraphy pens and the like). It's been a lot of fun!
Until, next time....
Mary
