It feels like fall :)

When people ask what my favorite season is, I never really can pick one. I like all of them for different reasons. During summer, I think to myself "This is definitely my favorite season! It's warm and sunny, there's no school...", but then the end of summer comes, school starts up again, and the air turns crisp. I love that too!! I'm so excited to buy school supplies, be around friends, watch the leaves turn colors, go to Badger football games and watch the Packers! I love being able to wear a light jacket or sweatshirt without being too hot or cold. And then after a while, I'll get bored with fall and I'll get anxious for the first snowfall and Christmas. Unfortunately, not long after Christmas do I get bored with winter because it's WAY too long in this state! So then I get excited for warm weather again and new life after the deadness of winter!

I went biking today to get some errands done and I saw a few freshman walking around with their maps. That just brings a smile to my face and I even giggle a bit because I remember doing the same thing (and walking around with Laura for who knows how long trying to find the entrance to probably one of the tallest buildings on campus!!). It's so crazy to think of all that I've learned, all I've been through, the people I've met, the things I've done, the classes I've taken and the person I've become in the last 4 years! And now, I'm still sort of in denial that this is my last semester of classes and that I'll be graduating in 9 months!! With where God has brought me in the last 4 years, where is He going to take me in the next 4? 10? 30??

On an entirely different subject, this morning on the Connie and Fish morning show, Fish told a story about how his friend's dad's suicide completely turned his friend's life around and made his friend turn to drugs and stuff. Well, this lady called in and told them that she's been contemplating suicide for a few months because she doesn't feel appreciated by her kids and just doesn't feel like there's anything to live for. Never did I think that I would hear something like this on the radio, but it was interesting to hear the people who called in to try to help this woman as well as Connie and Fish's concern. As I drove to work, I heard story after story of people who have attempted or thought of suicide for various reasons. It really got me thinking about how people get that depressed and hopeless and how they just have nowhere to turn, or feel like they don't. It really weighed heavy on my heart because Connie and Fish kept saying that if anyone can help this woman, to call or email right away. The thought that came to my mind was that this woman needed God! I guess I can't assume that she doesn't know Him, but even if she does, she obviously wasn't walking closely to Him if she was thinking about killing herself! I don't know what I'd do if I felt like I didn't have friends or family to turn to, and especially if I didn't have a loving God to turn to! It really made me think about how lucky I am to know Him and how thankful I am that He is in my life!!