October

Fall. Falling avalanche of leaves that bring life to us all.

Today was the long-awaited and long-anticipated first day of October. While it may not be the true first day of fall according to the calendar, it will always be the day that I first notice the traces of colors in the leaves and the way the sun paints the world golden at certain points of the day. Just sniffing the autumn fragrance brings out the child in me; the one that laughs and plays and is seeing everything in the world as if for the first time. October is a month for fun, laughter, exploring, and appreciating life.

I woke up this morning and started noticing the world for the first time in a month. The sickness is gone at last and I have finally demolished the mountain of homework of which I thought I’d never see the end. The world is so beautiful right now I find that all I can do is walk around with a big goofy grin on my face. I have energy now and a spring in my step. Positive energy seems to be pulling people towards me as if I was a magnet. There isn’t anything right now that isn’t going my way.

Robyn's Dream Birthday

So if I could have absolutely anything I wanted for my birthday, this is what would happen and what I would get:

The weekend after my birthday (Oct. 17-19) my friends would come down here to visit on Friday. We would all go out to dinner together or maybe even have a barbeque at a park around here. Following that we would go to the grocery store and get ingredients for my favorite birthday cake in the world and make it at my place. Then we would all get hot/sexy and go out to the clubs/bars around here. We would listen to awesome live music and dance with all our energy...but not to late...because....

Then on Saturday my family would join us and we would go to some orchard around here and go apple/pumpkin picking and engage ourselves in fall festivities. We would find some hiking trail that gives us good views of the fall colors around here. Then that night we would go out to dinner again followed by birthday cake and then by some classy place with live music that all generations could enjoy. THEN late that night the younger crowd would go in search of the old abondoned mental hospital someone told me about and we would take turns seeing who would go in the farthest. Haha. Followed by some star gazing and soul-sharing. On Sunday, we would all go out for breakfast. In the afternoon we would go to a good winery around here. Then everyone would leave and I would be sad but happy because I would have had the best birthday ever.

Dream Birthday List:

- A Fiddle
- Fiddle Lessons
- Clothes
- Jewelery
- T.V. for apartment
- Cable, haha
- Homework assistant...another haha
- Candles
- Music (Beatles, Cat Stevens, Celtic music, new good stuff)
- sentimental stuff
- Surprise me

Fall Wish List:

- Make new friends
- Meet a guy
- Play in some leaves
- Find haunted activities around Carbondale
- Carve a pumpkin
- Have a social life
- Learn to play the fiddle

Really out there

-See the fall leaves in Maine
- Get a plane ticket to Washington
- Quit school and get a life
- Drive somewhere random, get a job, and see what happens

Ok....done with the fantasizing. Anyone who reads this blog and has the weekend free is welcome to join me in my dream weekend. Just let me know so we can all make arrangements. Honestly...I know I am not in the center of the world or anything...I just need some cheering up so a good birthday would be a really great thing. Oh...and the dream birthday wish lists are just that...so don't go too crazy there. Really, I'd rather just be around the people I care about. So there you go.

Muddy Blues/Football game

Hey all. Yeah yeah yeah I know. I went and created this lame blog so why am I taking so long to write in it? Well...the simple explanation for that is that a week ago I had no life and now I do. Amazing thing how one week can change everything, huh?

So to start with, let me tell you all about my lovely Muddy Blues experience with Conradi the weekend of his birthday. If you are friends with him then I hope you all remembered:P Ok, anyway...we had a glorious time exploring new places in Forest Park (well ok...new to me) such as an all-inclusive playground (yes I think that is so cool!) and unsuccessfully trying to get drunk at the Blues festival. Those drinks are total ripoffs!!! Anyway, here is a pic of us:

So the next weekend I got sick with a cold...yeah what else is new, right? And managed to get myself out of the apartment on Saturday to go see my first Saluki football game with my friends Katie and Ashley. Fun! Fun! The sad thing is that I very quickly realized it had been a very long time since my last football game since I could not remember anything as simple as even figuring out who had possession. Ok...mostly ditsyness rather than total ignorance. Anyway, here are some pics:

Ok. So now this weekend I am going home for my dad's birthday and to see my sister while she is in town. The reason my life is so busy now is because I now have a job at Achieve tutoring students with learning disabilities and I am about to start my job with AmeriCorps. Yes, I think it is actually happening. I am getting drug tested and everything. So yay! Everyone be happy that Robyn won't be bugging you all for a while claiming to be terribly bored and lonely.

Haha, miss you.

Hey Everyone

Hey all. I know my life probably isn't quite as interesting now that I don't live across the country from you, but I guess I am hoping people are still curious about me.

I was reading over my Western Robyn blog the other day and it made me realize just how special that thing was. Now I have all of those pictures and stories to reflect on and I guess I just want similar documentation of my more recent experiences, since I rarely scrapbook anymore.

I miss everyone and I will be putting up more detailed posts soon.