Cold in Fall... and We're Not Talking Climate!

Fall has begun here in Tallahassee, and the forecast for the last weekend was colds with a high chance of sneezing! My two roommates and I all got the worst colds and spent the last part of the weekend swimming in Kleenex and cold meds. Though the weekend didn't start out bad!

Friday after work my boyfriend took me to The Melting Pot. An entire restaurant dedicated to the art of fondue (I am well aware I sound like a small town girl in the big city right now - - but hey wait, I am)! There were 4 courses, all served via this little pot that was on a burner in the middle of our table. It was quite possibly the coolest date I have been on! What sealed the deal (besides being with him) was when they caught the chocolate on fire (on purpose)! The waiter also got bonus points for saying "It's your chocolate, you can do whatever you want with it!" My inner 5-year old wanted to say, "anything?!" But I held it in!

After dinner, we went to the Fun Station where we spent an insane amount of time trying to win enough tickets on the arcade games to get a blue duck that looked like a penguin. Being the two very dedicated adults that we are, we succeeded - - managing to get a slinky and an army man as well. Then it was golf time.... and lets just say as far as careers go, we should let Tiger Woods do his thing and he should stick to being a composer, and I should stick to being a writer.

Saturday is when we all woke up sick. Sadly on the weekend we had planned on decorating for Halloween. We weren't too bad though; we didn't let it stop us from packing up and going to the beach for the day! We decided maybe the best medicine was a girls day out! We went to St. George's Island and spent the day laying on the sad rather than in our beds. For dinner we went to the Blue Parrot - - a beach side restaurant that was amazing. If ever you find your self in St. George's, I highly recommend it. After dinner we decided to look at the stars for a big from the beach, and then headed home.

The rest of the weekend we spent a lot of time watching movies, being lazy, and when we found the energy - - feeding the Alligators and turtles in the pond behind our place. We finally named the biggest Alligator - S'more. He likes marshmallows. (*Sidenote: We know that it is a horrible idea to feed the alligators, however, they kind of do what they want when we are feeding the turtles; and I'm not going to argue with them)!

This week I have been busy working with the Twindles. They are growing up and changing every day (how is that for cliche)! They are both walking now, and have figured out how to unlock the baby gates. Monday morning I came in the garage door to find them both eating pebbles of dog food as fast as they could cram it in. They are very ornery to say the least.

As for writing, I am hoping to get back on track after being sick and form a more stick schedule for desk time. I bought a workbook with writing exercises that I hope will help! More on that later!

I'm off for now, but I hope everyone is enjoying September and the beginning of Fall so far. Until next time...

Creatively yours,

Kat