In the mornings, it feels fallish here now.
Almost chilly.

By afternoon it’s 90 degrees out, and any illusion of seasonal shift has burned off.

So when October arrived today, it felt a little … sudden.

We’re still swimming every weekend and school just started.
Didn’t it?
But apparently not, since the first round of parent-teacher conferences is in ten days.
And any sense of summer loll-around laziness is long gone.
The piles on my desk teeter.

But I’m taking time into my own hands this morning.
Heading off on a slow walk with my good old dog, who’s wearing one of those crazy-cone Elizabethan collars after a minor surgery yesterday. She needs a good, slow walk and so do I.

No iPod.
No cell phone.
No pedometer.

It’s amazing how productive peace can feel….