After two and a half years of stress and hard work, I have graduated with my master’s degree! This semester was my busiest ever, so I didn’t have time to do as many projects on the house as I wanted. Now that I’m done, I have lots of things to start working on!

The past few years have been the most hectic of my life, so I’m also looking forward to slowing down and relaxing a bit. This place is so peaceful, and each day I feel thankful to be able to experience it.

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Autumn is a time to slow down and notice the beauty of everything around you. A time of reflection, curling up with a book and blanket. Sipping hot cocoa on the porch as the leaves fall.

I look forward to experiencing an autumn like this. Unfortunately, this is not the one. I’m nearing my final year of graduate school, and relaxing is something I desperately miss! Instead of traveling and stopping at cafes and antique stores, or getting work done on the house, I’m reading stacks of assignments and writing paper after paper for my classes. This semester has hit particularly hard. My countdown to graduation has begun though, and I only have a 170 more days to stick it out :)

I do try to enjoy the season when I can though! Last week was fairly warm so I brought a picnic blanket out to the yard and read my assignments under one of our big maple trees. After a few minutes of getting distracted by the sights around me, I realized I needed to go back inside to fetch my camera!
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