Good Things: August!

Can anyone explain to me how it is September? If anyone could let me know how time travels so quickly, I would greatly appreciate it.

That being said, Fall seems to have arrived early here in North Carolina. We set a record low yesterday in Raleigh; our high was only 72 and that was at around noon (versus the normal 3 or 4 pm). Has Fall arrived early for any of you?

August has overall been a good month, but it had its very rough start. About mid-month I decided to "pull myself up from the boot straps" and make it good again. Just recently I read this blog post from Donald Miller (one of my favorites) and decide I did the right thing.

Here is the good stuff that August has brought:

1- Jenn and Josh arrive! Mellow Mushroom w/ Jenn, Josh, and Angela; hard part: God said to let go...
2- lunch at Carolina Ale House; hard part: all hope was dashed
3- Hanging Rock... discovered I really like being outdoorsy
4- saw Harry Potter #6
5- I didn't fall apart!
6- COLDPLAY, need I say more?
7- lunch @ Bullock's (yummy southern bbq); hard: began making a new reality
8- had a quiet morning after Jenn and Josh left
9- dinner & a movie at Amanda's
10- felt like I could handle my new reality
11- dinner w/ Stephanie at Red Robin
12- very anxious day, but this is when I decided to pull myself up by the boot straps; good thing: I didn't have to go to my all day staff meeting for work!
13- AWESOME last trip to North Hills, I got to dance like a fool!
14- Potluck Dinner, a great convo w/ Anna!
15- study date w/ Rachel
16- dinner at Brian's -- again, felt like I can handle this new reality (which is totally unrelated to Brian)
17- Jenn's B-day Surprise B-day Party :-)
18- Got everything on my "to-do list" for the day DONE!!!
19- laughter with Teal and Laurie
20- had a slow, quiet morning at home
21- worked from home; lunch w/ Rachel; Hurt Locker w/ friends
22- Productive, Introverted Day -- it was glorious!!!
23- ACTS forum -- so interesting!
24- got my computer back! now, if only I would set it up...
25- dinner w/ Anna
26- Finished work registrations!!! Was able to say "I feel blessed to be single right now." (and I meant it!)
27- saw God's hand at work, He is just allowing things to fall into place and allowing me to continue to succeed!
28- Pei Wei with Katy & Kris; didn't feel stellar so I napped for a while
29- fun, chill hang out time at Amanda's
30- met Reed's mom who is a HOOT! :-)
31- felt crummy, but was still able to be semi-productive

So there you have it! I am working on a post about hope and what it has looked like for me this month; I plan on being pretty dang open with it so maybe some of what I have said here will make more sense.

Hope you August was stellar! Enjoy the Fall weather!