What happens in Fall.....

Hi.  My name is Caitlin, and I'm a Gleek.  Glee has started again, and I almost cried when I had to miss the second episode for my AED class (which I passed.)  That's what I call devotion (or having no life)!  But Glee is just one of the many things I LOVE about this time of year.  The leaves are turning, the light is so perfect for photography, piano lessons have started again, and I'm covered in bruises, as I should be in the soccer season.  Life is good.

I'm starting my second month of grade 12!!!?!  I'm impressed with myself that I managed to live this long....  I've done a lot of physically stupid things, been far too cheeky for my own good, and because of such things, I think I only lived because I ran away fast enough ;-)  And now in 9-ish months I'll be graduated and preparing for university.  I'll be only the second person on my mom's side of the family to ever have attended university (no pressure)!  University is stressing me out.  I'm too old to play Barbies and hide-and-seek, or make mudpies in my best dress (wait, I don't own a dress....), or go around believing that anything bad that happens can be fixed by my mom or dad.  I know that they're still there to support me, but I do miss the ol' safety net!

I'm taking History 1 this year!  We've only had 2 classes, but I'm really enjoying it so far.  The second class was the best....  mostly because two guys who could come last week showed up.  And they turned out to be extremely attractive.  (So much for being able to concentrate in THAT class....)  Naww, all it means is that I have to blow their doors off and get a way better score than them on the exam.  Because, you know, that's totally the way to win a guys affections.  None of that through his stomach crap :-P  And I almost fell out of my seat when one of them walked in... I've met him before, at recitals and stuff (same piano and theory teachers), but I've seriously seen him EVERYWHERE over the last month.  Walking through Wal-Mart, small out-of-the-way bookstores, and somewhere else I can't remember.  Crazy.  One major downside - My mom's in the class with me, which will make it hard to enjoy my classmates.  Urgh :-P

My nephew went home from the hospital two weeks ago!  The poor sweetheart's been in the hospital since his birth, exactly a month and a half.  He's doing really well in his own home, and he can already flip himself over onto his tummy!  'Atta boy...  So we went over right away to see him, and I finally got to hold him!  We had a solid 2 hours of cuddling to catch up on lost time.

So little in his big crib!

                                                   He was super awake after his very first bath at home :-)

I was messing around in Photoshop and Illustrator today after I finished my homework, and I found a kit online that pretty much lets you make your image look like film.  I downloaded it, and I knew after I opened it that I would be totally willing to marry the teen-aged guy who made it.  No hesitations whatsoever.  It was just that freaking awesome.  If you have Photoshop, download it! (but don't you dare take my man :-P )  http://coltonrabon.com/index.php?/resources/light-leak-kit/

I'm going to learn this piece, I fell in love with it as soon as I heard it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6s49OKp6aE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWAPnA5xvv4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SwfwMxUVGI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOxE7IRizjI&feature=fvwp&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OczRpuGKTfY&feature=relmfu