It's Autumn!!

Today is the first day of Autumn/Fall/The Best Time of the Year. I'm so excited to see the leaves change, to feel the crisp cool air, and to prepare for all the festivities like Halloween and Thanksgiving and festivals and fairs. There are few things I enjoy as much as Fall.

I've had a new visitor at the Palace over the past week. I was waiting for a friend to stop by the house when I saw a Pomeranian on my porch. It's extremely cute and not at all interested in getting to know me. It will let me take a couple pictures from inside the house but once I open the door it scurries off to the woods behind my house. I was traipsing around in said woods this weekend and the little Pomeranian (which I've named little Pom Pom, or Aslan--depending on my mood) was hanging out and promptly scurried further into the woods out of sight.

I'm not supposed to have pets while I'm renting this house but if the animal is already on the property then I don't see any harm in feeding it. The little darling hasn't been back on the porch since last Thursday but I'm hopeful.

Work was very busy last week. I had another faculty presentation on Friday night at a lovely little restaurant in Madison and then a brief demonstration in one of the PoliSci Saturday classes. I think they both went fairly well. I may have some orientation classes to teach this week and next and I'm working on a library guide that's all inclusive with most things students will need for research and writing.

In other news, I finally saw No Country for Old Men. It was pretty good but the ending left me hanging. Now I'm gonna have to read the dang book. Other than that I'm still watching Northern Exposure. It looks like the later seasons have more episodes per disc, hooray! I'm also reading some chick lit and Women in Battle at work. It's the second non-fiction book I've read while working there. I'm trying to turn over a new leaf.