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It's fall - full fledged fall.

I love fall so much!  The world changing before your eyes in a myriad of warm inviting colors...cool crisp air...apples...baked goods...costumes...figure skating grand-prix...pumpkins...pumpkin EVERYTHING...I just adore pumpking!  PUMPKIN SEEDS!  pumpkin bread!  Pumpkin pie!  Pumpkin tempura!  Pumpkin Soup!  Pumpkin cookies!  Pumpkin Cheesecake!  Pumpkin curry!  I'm not sure I've ever met a pumpkiny food I didn't like.  And - last night - I CARVED A JACK-O-LATERN!  One side a happy face - one side and evil mean face - just like when I was a kid.

Today VLOG (group doing pinafore) had a costume sale to try and raise money - they sold old costumes and baked goods (YES - I MADE SEVEN DIFFERENT BAKED GOODS!)  to raise money for the show.   The smiling goofy faces of everyone as they tried on the costumes was beyond priceless.  I love watching people be silly - and the shear joy on their faces as they remember being 8 and trick or treating door to door - or pretending that THEY were a fairy princess.  I like to pretend its them seeing the world as I usually do - but it also reminds me of the happiness I feel when pretending I'M a princess.

And GLADIATOR IS ON TV!

Granted I've eaten so much sugar I have made myself sick

but last year this time I was so depressed I actually stopped eating - great that I got skinny - bad that I spent most of the day crying ---

This year - I've been the one being strong for others - helping them get through their emotional despair - I hope I can be there for them as well as they were there for me - 

It's strange - being the one that people come to for advice - but it's also good to have a clear understanding of what they are going through and be able to offer honest advice.  Letting new friends in - exorcising the bad ones --- 

I'm excited to sing in Pinafore and Mary's concert.  Hopefully I'll get to sing a lot more in the future!  I never would have imagined people would say I had a pretty voice - but it thrills me!  Maybe one day I will get paid for it!  WAHOOO!

I love being a Disney Princess!  My boss is really kind.  I just wish there was more work!

I hope this will be a marvelous fall!  A marvelous winter!  A marvelous spring!  And a marvelous summer!  I marvelous year full of accomplishments and positive happy steps forward!