Have I eaten too many caramel or is fall really in the air? There's not MUCH color, just a sprinkle, but it's starting to pop like corn in a big ol' fire. Today we finally made time to go for a hike and we went to the Folk Art Center on the Parkway. Kellie's bro, Mark, joined us and I'm sure he is extra excited that he made it onto the blog. In the photo below, the siblings are hanging out on a rock. One of them appears to think they are quite the superstar. Note the couple on the rock behind them. Mark noted that we must have ruined their romantic excursion because they left soon after we arrived. To this comment, Kellie replied, "Romantic? They must not be married." Hmmmm...
So here are two pictures of Kellie and I. One from the first time we hiked here, one from todays. In lieu of Kellie's comment, which one do you think was taken today?
In other news, yesterday we went to Mountain Java for breakfast, like we usually do. When we came home, there were two cats sitting on the stairs to our house. If you've been keeping track, there are lots of feral cats in the neighborhood. So as I'm pulling the car into the driveway I said, "I've seen that one on the left before, but not the one on the right." The car is still moving at this point but the cats don't go anywhere. We get closer and I say, "It looks like Weezy. Is that Weezy?" Kellie yells, "IS IT?!?! and JUMPS out of the MOVING car, which, of course scares off the cats who run into the bushes. Kellie runs over to the bushes and is crawling around on her hands and knees calling for Weezy. I go inside the house and there's Weezy. Sitting in her chair like nothing ever happened. We also came up with a scheme to get rich quick. We'll look for flyers for missing cats. If they are offering a reward, we'll catch a feral cat, spray paint it, then take it to the owner and tell them we found their cat. Money in the bank. One family was offering $500 for their lost cat.
Speaking of animals, since our last blog, we are minus one. Not Delilah (how unfortunate for Sam). On our last blog we had picked up a pouch...but it just didn't work out. Prissy is a great dog, but mixed with both of us working, 2 other cats, and a pretty busy lifestyle, the pieces just didn't fit. For one, it is said that when you have animals in the house, the housework increases anywhere from 50%-75% of what it once was. With the addition of a third animal, not only was our indoor world affected, but we were having to also take Prissy outside. It was a lot of work both inside and out. We also had to keep the cat and dog food separate. We thought it was a good idea to feed Prissy in the morning, and whatever she didn't eat, sit outside. Well...little did we know or realize...flies had been landing of the food laying eggs. When we brought the food back in to replace with new food, we threw the food into our trash can. WARNING: IF you have a weak stomach, skip the rest of this paragraph. Anyways, so we threw the food...fly eggs and all (not knowing they were there of course) into the trashcan. We were doing a Saturday cleaning and noticed all of the white worms on our floor. We couldn't exactly figure it out, but were disgusted nonetheless. Even moreso when we realized that the white worms were maggots! EWWWW! There were hundreds of them and prolonged our cleaning by a couple of hours.
On our last blog we mentioned a five year plan. A dog does fit onto that plan, but maybe not right yet. My five year plan has just changed a little career wise. I had originally mapped out getting a Master's Degree in Speech Pathology over the course of the next 3 years or so, but it looks like I have hit a road block. Western is no longer offering that program online or in Asheville. All of the classes are held on the Cullowhee campus. So, I am a bit bummed. I don't really know what direction to take for my continuing education endeavors. I start the 9 month yoga teacher training next weekend; perhaps it will offer me enlightenment.
This weekend we went to Asheville's version of Oktoberfest. It was pretty fun. There were a lot of local Oktoberfest brews, brats, and German games to be had. The rest of this month holds more excitement. Halloween is definitely promising. We are going to host a Halloween party and we have big plans. We will also have our 2 year dating anniversary. We started dating 2 years ago October 28th...awwww! The next blog update will probably be a post Halloween-yoga teacher training weekend blog. It may be a bit more substantial than this one.
We wanted to say goodbye in German, but Sam doesn't think he can spell it.
So long!
