favorite date

it's early.

it's cold.

today, for those of you who may not know, is my favorite calendar date of the year. October 17th. I am not quite sure at what point I picked an actual favorite calendar date of the year. I think it was sometime in college. I picked it because October is my favorite month. The seasons change, the air gets crisp, and 17 is a date I just really like (I'm sure it has something to do with my birthday falling on a 17 in another month). Anyway, in college I used to say I wanted to get married on October 17th. Until I did research and found out the next time October 17th fell on a Saturday was in 2009. I decided at that point I might have to give up that dream because I didn't want to wait that long to get married if I met the right person before then :)

So as you can see, I've done alot of thinking about this October 17th. Also, it never fails that the weather ends up being great on that date. Normally it's right around the time the seasons change. Which is so appropriate for today. It's cold outside this morning. The temperature on the thermostat reads 62, and I'm still refusing to turn on the heat. We have a little space heater we put in the den we'll use to get us through this cold snap. It'll warm back up in a day or two, and I like to play the "see how long I can wait to turn on the heat game." I'll beat you, gas company!

Anyway, I had high hopes that secretly this baby would decide he would make his appearance on October 17th to please his mom. As of this morning it doesn't look like that's going to happen. He seems really comfy in there. But either way, I'm going to enjoy this beautiful day.

The seasons are changing.

In more ways than one....