a particularly hopeful buzzing in my head

maybe it was the columbian coffee i went out on a limb for today. espresso news in my newest vice in this little town.

everyone is moving back in this week and it is so refreshing to see familiar faces again. making plans, scrambling around to staples and wal*mart and grocery stores, getting ready for schedules again...

for fall again.

books. sweaters. leaves. coffee. library. football games. the fair. that great firewood smell.

but this morning the air is still welcoming and warm, and i'm wearing summer colors on my dress. elizabeth started moving in her new room stuff last night and it has finally hit me that fall classes are really starting next week, that nancy is married and is not my roommate anymore, that elizabeth and i are going to be a roomie duo. it's all new, and new is always exciting.

i feel like i was just getting excited about starting my summer in boone. getting through summer seems to be about as easy as tubing down a lazy river. you know, it's just a matter of time and it's done. sometimes you wish the current would pick up a little, but as soon as the ride is almost done you wish you could somehow do it again. that's how my summer has been.



last weekend, my wonderful friends from nashville made a spontaneous trip to visit me here. i had a blast. i've never been kayaking before, but it was a quick love affair. i do live in the blue ridge mountains... i need to take more advantage of it!



i can't believe how long ago it was that i started college at belmont. i'm so happy to have made lifetime friends.