preparing for fall

Autumn is approaching.
I eagerly await warm scarves
thick hearty squash soups
anne of green gables
crunchy leaves.

as the season draws to a close
i begin to suspect
that it is time to bring to a close
my job at the hospital of insufferable tension
and so
i am applying for a new job
which i think is beyond my qualifications
but for which i am rather exited.

as autumn approaches
i shall be holding my breath.

sixteen* of the summer's memorable moments

1. sitting on the grass watching the red wall of fire next door, waiting for the GO! for evacuation which never came and waking up a few hours later to have to call EMS and ALS (and subsequently realizing that Fid was right about me having inherent leadership skills)
2. the dorm duty nazi who busted down our door to tell us someone had puked
3. finding a new lake and laying on the dock all afternoon reading harry potter
4. a bleeding eyeball
5. diagnosing a friend better than a physician - and making her night by having a male nurse chat me up in front of her while waiting for the ER physician
6. having a girl who met me once 5 years ago remember my name
7. picking cherries from a tree house
8. having someone think the appearance of me in the extra noisy putt-putt wagon at 3am was a burgular
9. mabel lake nudity
10. driving 6hrs for sushi
11. being visited by an ice cream truck at a random, little-known forestry camp site
12. scaling wet mossy rock faces, dangling over rushing pools of water
13. jumping out of a garbage can at the end of the rainbow as a leprechaun
14. furtively hiding on a hill then running down it as a leprechaun, followed by a unicorn
15. having an unknown child follow me around the video store - perhaps a new career as the local Pied Piper?!
16. sneaking into someone's yard with someone else's dog and having a picnic

*numbers are for counting purposes, not for noting significance of events. This list is a partial list only; items on list must not be assumed to be the absolute record of summer events transpiring this calendar year.