fall rut

its fall. 

my friend mentioned that in colorado, summer ends and begins on fourth of july.  (ha!) there is the more traditional summer begins on memorial day and ends on labor day.  it can't be true enough here in fairbanks!  while the rest of the country was sweltering in the heat (our property management company called to tell us the A/C in our condo wasn't working), its 50 degrees here and the kids now have sweatshirts and jackets on.  the weather did do a turn around labor day weekend!  the clouds aren't going away at all. 

another thing is, being my first winter here, I'm 'falling' in to a rut.  its scary to think that winter will last until next april.  its scary to think that katie may need dog shoes just to go poop/pee outside.  its scary to think how much TV zilla would be watching (this rut is causing him to watch more TV as I mentally zone out : /).  its scary to think that there are not a lot of choices when it comes to winter footwear for the kids' growing feet.  its scary to think that I must be vigilant about mittens and hats so they don't get frostbitten. 

in all, I think the winter will go by really fast though.  supposedly at around -20*F the city shuts down so I hope that paul will be home so he can cuddle and hang out with us.  I can't wait to see more auroras this winter and all the cool winter activities that fairbanks will be hosting.  heck, maybe i'll look in to finally learning how to snowboard!