the ramblings of a friday mind

i can not wait to sleep in tomorrow...
it's been quite a stressful week, and now that it's over i'm going to go enjoy friends and beer. good combo. i'm really thankful that i have a few folks here that know me.
because i realized that, although i like some of the kids at school and everything, it's still kind of hard with them because we don't really know each other at all. we know where we come from, why we each decided to become nurses--basic stuff you learn in five minutes of small talk. i'm looking forward to knowing them better. i'm looking forward to doing fun things with them instead of always doing homework. i'm looking forward to getting into life a bit with them over the next months and years. because it's hard to be new to everyone all day long.
remember how fall is here? i feel like seattle fall is kind of secret. it's not like athens where everything is so beautiful all the time it makes you ache. here in seattle right now it's still late-summery. today i think the high was 70 and it was sunny. but all the leaves are changing and yesteday i smelled fall's first fire. how cozy. i also keep hearing that "they" are predicting an unusually dry and warm winter. bad skiing, but perhaps good for the affect (mood).
i hear that it's winter in chicago and snowing in peninsula. seasons. what a great invention.