if you haven't already, watch this show. it is so bad, but SO good at the same time...i ♥ you dexter.

we had a productive few days off this week. after a few months of trying to sell my beloved car in attempts to save some money that we were unnecessarily spending, and with little interest from anyone to buy the car, we had about given up. then i got one of those many, "is your call still for sale?" emails. i responded yes, with little expectation of it going anywhere. well, the next day, this cute couple made an offer on the car. and the day after that, stella went to a new home. now that she is actually sold, i'm pretty bummed she won't be around anymore. but the couple who bought her LOVE subi's. in fact, stella is their 3rd one and the one she is replacing is 12 years old with 175k miles on it. so i know she will be well used. and even better news is, with insurance and car payment, we will be saving almost $500/month! sweetness. now we can save that money for my tuition to CRNA school...if only $500/month would even closely cover the tuition...

it's the first day of october. october is quite possibly my favorite month out of the year. it also marks the start of my favorite half of the year. fall and winter are by far my favorite seasons. growing up, i think summer was my favorite because i had some time off school. and in california, there weren't the change of seasons like there is here in utah. now that i live in a place with 4 distinct seasons, i love them each for different reasons.
but fall and winter, you steal my heart. the cool, crisp air, the changing leaves. then the snow, the holidays. i just can't get enough of it.
here are a few of my favorite things this season...

• everything pumpking, apple, cinnamon, caramel
• ghosts, goblins, jack-o-lanterns, bats, spiders, witches, skeletons, candy corns, trick-or-treaters
• changing colors of leaves, cool, crisp air
• days getting shorter, layering, bundling up, scarves, hats, mittens, boots
• candles burning, fires in the fireplace, nice cup of hot chocolate
  
• holidays, family gatherings, good food
• SNOW and all activities snow related, heated seats in my car

man just writing about it gets me all excited. but this years fall has been a little rude. it started to cool down, but then it got hot again! as if. at least it's still cool at night. and i have high hopes that the weather will cooperate now that it's october.

the mr. and i would love to build a house, someday. as we looked at some builders, we came across this gem. someday i want to have this home. i would love it if someday was now, but for now, i will continue to love my basement apartment and live the simple life until i get through with school. and no, i am not even in school right now. i hope to be in the next 3 years, and then 2 1/2 years after that...then i will be able to even think of a house like this.
i just love how traditional it looks. the inviting and cozy appearance is so yummy. i can just imagine hosting holidays and parties there. or playing basketball and football games in the yard. a river in the back would just make it perfect. with enough land for a couple horses and some other farm animals. but for now, i will dream about it.
for the full tour of this house, click here.

i work in an er. an er with no windows. all day long, i see glimpses of what the day looks like through the doors where ambulance patients come through. when the doors open for those few short seconds to allow the stretchers to come through, i can feel the temperature, smell the air, and i close my eyes for just a few seconds, and soak up the fresh air. i mean, really, the smell of bodily fluids gets old after so long.
so every night, as i walk out of the er to head home, that feeling of being outside, amidst the fresh air, is so freaking awesome. i seriously just want to close my eyes and lay down for a minute enjoying it, and decompressing from the long day at work. but then i would just be a person laying down in a hospital parking lot, and that would be weird.
so if any of you out there ever design an er. put in some freaking windows. a little vitamin D would probably do the patients, and the staff, some good.