Don’t let the weather fool you, it is actually the end of November. It is beautiful outside, probably about 65-70 degrees with a warm breeze (which makes all the difference) and a high humidity.
But somehow the trees finally got the message that winter was approaching – and now the leaves have changed and it is easier to believe that the semester is almost over. I’m not complaining about the weather, I like it warm and humid, but I did become a little distressed when I saw some azaleas blooming on north campus the other day. In Augusta, this would trigger a city wide alarm. When I first moved to Athens I didn’t understand why no one else was paying attention to the time frame of the flowers. No one wanted to talk to me about how the Japanese Magnolias seemed to be blooming a bit early and that this could be disastrous to the timing of the dogwoods and the azaleas. Turns out it only matters in a place that has succeeded in tricking the world into believing that there is no where prettier by inviting everyone to town the one week of the year that ever flower in the city explodes.
Okay, lots of productivity to be done today. I was reading my journal from this summer and I have decided that I was much more interesting then than I am now. I apologize, but from here on out until Christmas it is probably going to be downhill for the interesting things happening in my life. Unless of course you really love vending machines (like I do) and printers and highlighters and flashcards.
the thin line between optimism and delusion... 
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