Good-bye Summer! Hello Summer Jr!

Aka, a very warm fall.  I can't believe it's already October again!  It seems like not that long ago I was dressed up as my sister's twin!  That was a fun Halloween.  But before I drift into talking about past costumes or how beautiful changing leaves are, let's reminisce about this Summer...What happened this Summer:

Tennessee Vacation!

Drama club:

Drama Camp (don't have a photo for this)

Confirmation:

Although, those are the big things that have happened this summer, there have also been smaller events that are none the less important.  Including that my beef jerky went bad last month (Ew!  I didn't know I was supposed to refrigerate it!) and my new discovered love for artists such as J.J. Heller and Barlow Girl.  I love music!

And Ice Cream:

Ice cream is just de-lick-sious!  Okay, that was a really lame joke.  Another highlight to my Summer was DOWNTON ABBEY!!!! Love that show.  *tear* I have to wait until next year to see the next season since it premiers in Britain first.  Which, obviously, I don't live there.

My reading hasn't been very productive this summer, unfortunately.  I've read The Help and I'm pretty far into Twilight but I can't read anymore for the time being since The Scarlet Letter is pleading for me to finish it.  Oh, I also read The Hiding Place.  If you've never read that book, I highly suggest it to you.

Now it's October!  I can't believe it!  I'm going to start tearing up now because it wasn't until the fall that Muppet and I really got to know each other.  That was last year!  It can't have only been a year!  I've known her forever, I swear!  Well, maybe not.  But it certainly seems that long.

October brings Halloween.  And Halloween brings costumes and candy.  I've been everything from a politician to a baby; from cats to bats to spiders to a skeleton to a twin.  I have no idea what it'll be this year.  I'm really not feeling like Halloween anymore.  Last year was when the childhood make-believe and holidays faded for me.  I feel like people lose the true meaning of these holidays.

For instance: Halloween is really about all those who have gone before us and died: saints, martyrs, and just the deceased in general.  It actually has roots to the church and wasn't about candy, dressing up and scaring people.

And Christmas isn't about presents: it's about the birth of Jesus.  People forget that and are just fed candy instead of the true meaning.  These other things that we think of when we think of holidays are just traditions that built up over time until it grew into a national tradition; no, a world wide tradition.

Not that presents and candy are a bad thing.  I love holidays because they bring people together.  I just feel like there needs to be more explanation to these special days really mean and how they came around.  I hope you've learned something today!