Missing Link

Autumn is one of my favorite times of year.   The leaves start changing colors, providing a wonderful palate of color, and there’s a sense of peace and calm as winter approaches.  It also provides a few remaining evenings and weekends outside – capturing the inherent seasonal beauty with my camera – and spending much appreciated quality time with Ann.

Don’t get me wrong – I love spring and summer too.   I’m not a HUGE fan of winter, but that’s mostly because I don’t really appreciate driving in snow and ice.  Or being cold.   Autumn is just special for some reason.  

This weekend was fun and relaxing – a great combo – and was much needed after a fairly crappy week last week.  Saturday started off great – with an email from the helpdesk manager at work informing me that a brand new shiny Macbook Pro would be awaiting me upon arrival at work on monday.   Ann and I were fairly lazy in getting up and ready – again nice.   We had lunch at Noodles & Company, before driving to Zionsville to pick up a case of wine my dad ordered.  After we got done with that, and watched an episode of The Big Bang Theory (hilarious show, btw), I went up to Trevor and Landon’s new place in Westfield to play Beatles Rock Band (and assorted other games) for the afternoon/evening.

Sunday was more relaxing, a few errands, a wonderful grilled dinner, a bike ride (with camera), and a nice wind down before what promises to be a hectic week for both Ann and myself.

This morning was nice – the helpdesk manager was true to his word – a new 15″ Macbook Pro was sitting – in it’s box – on my desk when I walked in my office this morning.  I am quite pleased with it – it’s noticeably more responsive and appears not to have the same underlying issues that plagued my previous Macbook Pro (leading, I believe, to massive data loss on no less than three occasions).  I’m very pleased with the upgrade, and it’s made for quite a nice day for a Monday.

I’m looking forward to Halloween this weekend – Ann and I are planning on handing out candy to the neighborhood kids before heading to my parents house to catch some halloween shows on cable (since we don’t have cable).

Also – Friday night is another Indiana Ice game (so, you know, you should totally come…) which I’ll be at taking pictures again.

I’m looking forward to a great week!