And I am thankful. Ethan and I took a walk this evening after dinner and the air was warm but felt a bit crisp. I'm looking forward to taking lunchtime walks on Fridays; we haven't done it much recently because it's been so hot and humid. We've been walking a lot these past few weeks, mostly after dinner. We usually walk up to the library and then bop into the coffee shop across the street. It's the coffee shop I used to work at when I was in college; the same one where I met some of the people I love most in this life (and now two of the people are marrying each other!). I'm sad, though, because there's been a change in managers and it seems the store is going downhill. The products aren't as great as they used to be (more prepackaged, less fresh) and the service is less than desirable. Salem is a very small town and there are lots of "regulars" that we've gotten to know and because it is such a small town, we all run into each other outside of the coffee shop and we all share conspiratorial looks with one another and mutter under our breaths about how it's just not what it used to be, le sigh. Over the summer, a locally owned car wash and an antique store on Main Street were torn down and now there's a big empty lot, just waiting to be filled. Normally, I'm against tearing down one building only to build another, but I'm so hoping that they build a new coffee shop, something more like Mojo (a very hip coffee shop over on Brambleton). Keep your fingers crossed we get something good.
The boys are doing great. Halsey loves preschool. Jason says that every morning, he confidently hangs up his jacket and backpack in his cubbie and runs over to the computer with two of his friends. He's been talking a lot about the computers; he's convinced that there's a ghost from one of the games that is in our house. Bedtime has become a bit more challenging recently, but I think once we get past Halloween we'll be okay. Ethan is continuing with his speed-growing, or at least that's how it seems to me. He's six and a half months old now. He's eating lunch and dinner; we still have started breakfast. While he can sit up for a few seconds, I'm waiting until he can sit for longer periods of time before we start breakfast. He's doing great with Susan, who keeps him the four days I'm at work. He reaches out for her in the mornings and it makes me feel so good to know that he obviously feels safe and loved in her care. It's all a mother could ask for, really. Work is going well, for me at least. I really do love teaching. I have so many students who were such apathetic readers who have blossomed into voracious readers and come to thank me for that and I am reminded why I wanted to be a teacher in the first place. Jason's job is keeping him busy and that's putting it mildly. We're hoping that things slow down here as the weather changes.
But overall, life is good. We have plans to visit pumpkin farms, maybe pick some apples, drink warm cider, wear costumes for as much of October as possible and enjoy each other's company. October is looking to be a good month.
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