Journey.

Around one year ago today, I was contemplating the fact that my husband was going to be leaving for two months. I would be without the person I had spent the past six and a half years of my life with. He would miss my favorite season and a close second of his: autumn. No apple harvesting or pumpkin picking for us that year. My birthday, halloween, early november. All missed. At the time, I was convinced that I could never survive. What would I do with two months all to myself?

Now that I'm on the other side of that journey, it's a wonder that I made it through. As the days began to cool down (until this hot week!!!), I began to appreciate the fact that Jim would be here to experience fall with me.

On Monday night, in honor of having nothing to do, we sat around on the couch, sipped apple cider, said goodbye to summer with some scoops of ice cream, and lit some fall scented candles. We also managed to catch two amazing episodes of Wife Swap! How I cherish these times together! After all, last year, I was doing these kinds of things by myself.

Favorite quotes from "wife swap":

"Idiots."

"The egg will calm him down."

You had to see it.

Although this clip does not have the quotes, I somewhat laughed at the dad's reaction towards the end of the clip. Sorry.