@Coree- the colors truly are great this time of year. I hope you enjoy them!

T is doing a big cycle challenge – we’ve had so much fun but I’m looking forward to not having to cycle to school. Sometimes we just like a walk and talk.

@Lisa- Halloween with kids like yours is just awesome – they are so excited! We are leaving those years and there is definitely less discussing costumes than in the past…

Yeah, the beginning of the month does come right after the end of the last one…And twice a month can pretty easily get you multiple weeks in a row without further specifications…

Thanks for the congratulations – he is applying to my alma mater but it’s a total crapshoot. Kind of like winning the lottery (it used to be less selective, which explains me…). He is not applying to my husband’s alma mater, but since it’s a state school in another state and isn’t known for the programs he’s interested in, it wasn’t ever really on his list. I do hope there will be more acceptances but we’re thrilled with this one because it’s a good school, has some top notch programs, and he has friends there who graduated last year.

@Mary Ellen – magazine on a lunch break is the best. I’ve been trying to leave a magazine on the kitchen table so I take a few minutes to read it when I take a break.

Months are kind of irrelevant to me for the most part, too, as I’m more focused on weeks. But I try to limit my travel to twice/month so it does impact my planning… although the end of one month is adjacent to the beginning of the next one, so that’s how I ended up traveling 5 weeks in a row in March/April… So now I have a pretty firm limit on not traveling the first week of the month which is my husband’s busiest time at work and then it prevents me from traveling way too many weeks in a row which is hard on everyone. But the boys are very aware that it’s October because they are VERY excited about Halloween. We are hitting the peak years for holiday excitement which makes the holidays extra fun!