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I am sitting out on the porch with my coffee on this warm October morning. It's our wedding anniversary weekend and the boys are with their godmother so that Nicole and I have some time alone. The unseasonable warmth is just like the day we were married in 2007, hot hot hot!

We dropped the kids off with mixed feelings. Funny how you love having a break but simultaneously dread being separated. But once they were settled in, we came home and got ready for a date. I broke out my knee-high boots and cute little dress, we walked to the Taproom down the street and had a delicious dinner on the patio. Walked home to get the car and went downtown to Art by Night to browse the local galleries... Only to discover that the event ended at 9. Wait, how could it be nine?! We never are out that late these days, and when we are, we feel it. Must be all these late nights I'm pulling for grad school!

Nicole woke up early to go fishing, I did some schoolwork and am now just enjoying the sounds of birds and crickets and warm sunlight on my back. I need to get in to my school reading, but I have Monday off to read and if the weather is right, it is going to rain buckets that day. Perfect day for staying in pjs!

We have this whole day and all I want to do is put on music and clean the house and get the yard in shape for fall. Weird how having the kids somewhere else makes me sense an opportunity to get things in order! But now, coffee and peace.