Week - End

To start things off, I want to send a big thank you out to those of you who commented on my last pity party post with love and encouragement and for those who promised prayers.  I have felt them this past week and I appreciate them more than you know.  If you feel it in your heart to continue lifting me up, I would be grateful. 

I really didn't intend for the post to sound the way that it did; but I wrote honestly about my feelings at the time.  I am glad you allowed me to open my heart and share them so openly with you.  It was the good, the bad and the ugly and I just threw it out there and it felt good to release it.  I had let it build up inside until I couldn't hold it any longer.  I like to keep things light and happy around here and most of the time, that is the tone of my life.  Having said that, my life is definitely not perfect and I never intend to portray it that way.   I have ups and downs just like everyone else and from time to time, I have to vent.   I am thankful that I can just write my way through them via this blog.

On a good note, I am settling in somewhat and adjusting to the new job.  I don't love it yet; but I, also, don't hate it.  Nothing that I am doing is rocket science; but, I still have a lot to learn.   I do work with some pretty awesome people.  They are all very sweet and funny and obviously care about one another.  That's huge!  They have gone out of their way to help me get settled in there and make me feel welcome and part of the team.  I am so thankful for that.  They seem to love their jobs so I expect that, at some point when the majority of the learning process is over, I'm going to enjoy what I do, as well. 

I still haven't found too many opportunities to take photos lately except for a few here and there around the house which I'm sharing with you here today.  I did take my camera with me to work several days last week hoping to get some shots of the changing leaves along the way.  I have to tell you that the foliage was absolutely stunning; but there was not a good place to stop along the way to get any shots.  New Hampshire needs more "shoulders" along the roads.  I really wish that I could have gotten some pictures to show you.  Spectacular.  The winds have been blowing like crazy though and what was once beautiful foliage has become "fallage" and the trees, for the most part, are now bare.

With the trees mostly bare now and the ground covered with leaves,  I am reminded of my childhood and the joy that came when this season finally arrived in Louisiana.   Playing outside after school and on the weekends....the rustle of leaves beneath my feet....the joy of jumping in the leaves and building forts and houses with piles of raked up leaves...

And it brings a smile to my face...

Thanks, David, for capturing these fun pics of Monkey this week!

Thanks so much for stopping by,