I Concede: Fall is Here
September 2, 2016
The kids are in school and what’s that strange sensation? Oh… time to myself. Delicious.
Things Crossed Off the Summer Bucket List:
- Throw an over-the-top Amazing Race birthday party for 8-year old boy
- Repair broken hard drive containing decade of family photos
- Connect with family
- Connect with nature
- Connect with friends
- Paint Living Room & Ceiling
- Over-the-top camping trip to multiple National Parks with family of 5 in 15-foot trailer
- Still like each other after said camping trip
- Ride the Pipe Mountain Coaster
- Explore the East Kootenays
- Grow approx. 6 inches in height
- Swimming lessons
- Eye exams
- Train at 5K run
- Start a Novel
- Watch the kids’ sibling relationships grow and flourish when they have nobody to play with but each other
Things that Unexpectedly Arrived on the Summer ToDo List:
- Flood Remediation
- Funeral for a mouse
- Camp next to a badger
- Bottle feed a baby goat named Chocolate Fudge Brownie
Things Moved onto the Fall Bucket List:
- Replace 1950’s windows & front door
- Flood Remediation
- Annual haircut
- Declutter
- Either delete blog or post something there
Things Scribbled off from the Summer Bucket List because they are Unachievable:
- Date night
- Find the One Ring to rule them all
- Invent a word to describe the grief that accompanies a Northern Summer plunging into Fall before you’ve done all you want to do and seen everyone you want to see
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House of Flurfel 
Forget the pressure. Put date night on hold over the summer. Besides, you probably had quite a few unconventional date nights sitting around the campfire staring at the stars. About the word to describe that feeling, does this come close? Mono no aware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware
xoxo L
Awww… there was some campfire romance, now that you mention it. And I love Mono no aware except that it’s hard to say because it’s three words and in Japanese. But yeah, that comes pretty close. I sure enjoyed connecting with you and the girls and your families this summer (Spring?) and by the by I’m really looking forward to our adventure next summer. I was checking out the road signs this past weekend on our way up to the lake to make a sand castle and such: 60K.