Welcome to September, 2024!
I wanted to start off by apologizing for the wait. I know I said I would update in August, but life simply got the best of me as classes begun, and everyone moved in. Truthfully, life is rather beautiful right now aside from school. My studies fascinate me, thankfully, but when outside of them, things tend to drag. In this entry, I'll be publishing some general thoughts and updates from the past month or so.
Abscission Begins
I spoke last month of beautiful summer sunsets, and what warmth they bring. The gentle reminder of the brightness of life each evening, delivered right to your door. Currently, I am in a talking stage with a wonderful girl from California. Softly, realizations of the fact hit me; the seasonal shifts and changes of each year drastically have effected my path and course. Everyone knows about seasonal depression and how the cold dank winter months lower moods. Perhaps it traces back to the winters of old; cropless --> limited food --> increased mortality rates. Hell, frankly. Life only got down to about 50 degrees for this west coast girl. This must lead to a difference in something. I am unsure of what, but it must effect how long the year feels -- or its pace, somehow.
Stuck in between the searing heat and brutal cold is the sweetest period of time in the year. (Assuming all allergies are treated and tended to) these months provide the most picturesque, humbling state of the year. Leaves slowly reddening, browning, dying, to fall as a warning of what is to come. Many hibernate, wait until it warms again. Not humans. We endure every second of mother nature, good or bad. We track her seasons, her patterns, and predict her unpredictable nature.
There is something to take from this. Some reading this are settled in an area lacking seasons, but to me, it can be argued that seasons are one of life's built-in-character builders. If every day you wake up appreciating the beauty of your situation, think of the trees, their situation, their constant cycle. It's no different than yours. Periods of beauty, and periods of struggle for you to grow from. I apologize that this was so short, but it is 1:36AM, and I felt guilty for not updating the site.
This has been Dot, thank you for reading!