I’ve been out of the rhythm of blogging lately, which has started to get me into that state of mind where I feel like when I finally write something here, it has to be something “good” or “important” or “well wrought,” which is just not going to happen any time soon.

But whatever happened to just blathering on about life as I’m living it, huh? Let’s try some of that and see how it feels.

Are you ready to reap this freaky-assed harvest?

As I write, I’m currently on a little break between classes and office hours, drinking an ice-cold can of Diet Coke from my new office mini-fridge. I’ve been wanting one of these (the fridge, not the Coke) for years, but kept on not buying one. I’d see them in Target every August as school was starting again, stacked among all the back-to-school dorm supplies, and I’d think to myself how great it would be to have one, but inevitably I’d decide to wait until they went on sale after the students moved in, and then they’d be gone.

But then, I had the sudden realization that I could ORDER one. ONLINE. From Amazon, where they have everything. What, am I new here?! I even had it delivered right to my office. I felt like a GDMFing genius, I tell you what. It’s such a pleasure to have a supply of cold drinks right here — and, even better, I have immediate access as soon as I get to campus at 7:00 AM so I can put my packed lunch in the fridge without waiting for administrative staff to get here at 7:45 and unlock the break room, which is not even on my floor, and which I may not even have time to get into before my 8:00 class. So that’s cool.

(Sorry.)

Speaking of other cool things, it’s almost like (knock on wood) fall is finally arriving here in the swamps of the Deep South. Could it be? A high of just 70 degrees today and tomorrow?

Well. A quick check of reality/the weather forecast shows it’ll be back in the 80s again in a few days, so we’d better make the most of it while we can. I’m wearing boots and a blazer and a scarf to work today, for example. Really living it up. Tomorrow we’re taking the babies to a pumpkin patch to buy some decorative gourds and take some photos and feel festive about the season. Maybe I’ll even drink a hot coffee and wear a jacket or a vest or a flannel shirt or even two of the above. (Please expect a deluge of cute babies with pumpkins in your social media tomorrow.

Roberta in action.

Next weekend, CW and I are running a local 5K with the babies and Roberta (our jogging stroller). It’ll not only be our first family 5K, but also my husband’s first road race EVER! He ran XC in high school, but hasn’t taken part in any official running events since then. I think he’s pretty excited. At the current time, my run pace is a lot slower than it was pre-pregnancy and a lot slower than CW’s pace (he’s a smidge faster than my pre-pregnancy pace, which doesn’t even seem fair since I’m “the runner,” but I’ll get over it). So I think our plan will be to have CW push the stroller and I’ll run alongside so we can go at my best pace, which will be a pleasant stroll for him. We’ll probably run 31-33 minutes, depending on how hilly the course is (I haven’t looked at it yet because I’m just trying not to activate the SRS RNR programming loop in my brain right now). If we happen to break 30 I will consider it a fall weather / race day miracle.

I suppose that’s a fair roundup. Now how are YOU?