Why do we think that dying things are so beautiful?

I've really started to notice how the leaves are changing around town. I love this weather. I love the fact that I have to have a jacket on in the mornings, before school. I love that I have to sleep with socks on everynight. I love how every store I go into, you can smell pumkin spice. I love how I can watch the green of summer fade into the warmth and coziness that Fall brings. I love having to crank my car to get rid of the cold window fog. I love how the frost looks on peoples yards. I love it!
There is a tree that stands just pass the entrance to my neighborhood. It's a fairly tall tree, and the leaves of the vines that grow up around it turn the most beautiful shade of orange I have ever seen. I look forward to seeing this every year. Every year I also think that I should take a picture of this tree, so that I could always see it. But that takes all the anticipation out of waiting for Fall, and that tree's leaves to turn the perfect shade of orange.

Today, I had a good day. I didn't think that I would because I got up and was still tired. Math was fun. We cheated off of the answer sheet that Haley found in the back. SCORE! I still had to leave a few wrong, because Belton would have never believed that I would get a hundred, even though he knows I cheated with Lauren.
English was the funniest thing today! Mrs. R was back from her surgery and she jumped right back into giving us 12,000 things to do. But, we had the BEST conversation about love today. She gave us a few handouts, and we were supposed to define True love. That's hard to do. Then she told us a few stories about growing up, and dealing with finding true love. It made me have the best attitude the rest of the day. Then, being the true English teacher she is, Mrs. R tied this into the Rennassance. Figures. It was really fun, though. She told us that in the older times, people were really into Austronomy. This got us on who was what sign. She went though the list and there were at least two people for every sign. Then, she called out my sign, Virgo. When I raised my hand, she noticed I was the only one and told the class I was the only one. Well, for some reason, EVERYONE turned around and starred at me. Then, Mrs. R blurted out "Well, Courtney's the only Virgin in this room!" and you can just imagine how people took that (although, it might just be true...). I never tought Nick Moore would quit laughing. (maybe you had to be there..)
More discussion in Mack's class. I love it when we can talk about things like last night's debate, and I can actually have an intellegent conversation. It makes me feel more adult when I am able to relate to such subjects.

I had a wedding shower to go to tonight. I thought that I was going to hate it, but I didn't. I really did have fun. I won a game and got some smelly-good lotion (Sweet Pea!!). The food was good (Mexican, Mary cooked!!) and then I just got to talk to everyone there. The only girl there that was around my age was Nancy (Mr. Grow's (from Middle School) step daughter), but I still had fun.

Now, I'm writing this while watching Jerry McGuire and avoiding my English Paper.

(I never spell check, just guess)