If you were driving west on 224 yesterday, you would have seen something like this. I'm kind of disappointed in fall this year. I don't know if it was the extended summer (90's in the first two weeks of October) or what, but it seems the leaves are falling off before they turn. For the most part. I do have to say that the weather was nearly perfect yesterday, the sky just the right shade of blue.
My family liked the chocolate pie I made, and the ranch bread was all right. Let's face it, Traceys will eat anything with melted cheese, so it wasn't too difficult to make people happy. But my god, the smell of clams was driving me insane. To tell the truth, I can't remember the last time I tried a clam or anything made with clam juice, because I hate the smell. And I don't know about you, but I can't eat something that smells bad.
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My mom sometimes reads my blog. She asked me yesterday if it was very professional to use the acronym WTF in something that a future employer or publisher might read. Now, you should know that my mother hates "the f word" and any word that sounds like it or is a euphamism for it. "Oh fudge" is a little offensive, frigging or fricking is just as bad as the real thing. She once caught me flipping her off (my bedroom door was shut, she came in without knocking--I would have never done it to her face!) and didn't talk to me for three days. But WTF seems pretty tame to me. What do you think?
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A while back, I mentioned my final project for my non-fiction class--the one about me being a klutz. I wrote a 5 page mini-essay a few weeks ago that morphed into something more about body image and family, but I think they can work together. Now, I have to write a five page object essay for tomorrow, and the object I'm writing about is my folks' kitchen table. Somehow, some way, these two little essays are going to fit together. I'm not quite sure how yet.
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The rejection letters have been streaming in steadily over the last week or so. About half of my HFS has come back already. At least it's a constant reminder to keep sending stuff out.
