It's the end of November, and I'm just not sure I'm ready for December this year. Don't get me wrong, I'm actually finished with my holiday shopping and I'm eager for the semester to come to a close in terms of my class, but...I don't know. Maybe it's the looming winter. My office is so cold today, it feels like it's mid-February in here. My fingernails are all varying shades of purple and blue, and I keep shivering.

But that is not the point of this post. A few weeks ago I reconnected with a long lost friend. We might see each other once a year, but truly it's probably more like every two years. Saddest thing of all, she lives a mere 45 minutes from us. At any rate, on that day when we shared lunch, I wrote this down:

It's the small things in life: a real cappuccino at Patachou with a friend from grad school whom I haven't seen in years.

But it was even more than that. I've had great conversations with friends this Fall, somehow we found time amidst the chaos of my brain and my schedule. I have treasured each one. Last Wednesday I had another chance to lunch with a friend, and I had another delicious real cappuccino. Life is good sometimes, you know?