It's that time of the year again!

The air gets colder, the leaves start to turn orange and red colors and eventually fall off the trees, and pumpkins start appearing on people's front porches. Yes, it's that time...FALL! This is definitely my favorite season, just because of the weather and all of the scents in the air that bring back great memories of my past. I cannot think of any bad experience that I have ever had in the fall, because I'm always happy this time of the year! I think now it's mostly because a lot of things happened last year in the fall that made me very happy, like Brenden asking me out, and all the fun things we did together for the first time. Ironically, he is currently sleeping on the couch behind me as I write this. 

We had quite an adventurous day today. I met up with him after he got off work this morning, and we went to Creve Coeur park to see the Central Midland train tracks. I took a few pictures while we were there because the environment was so unique I had to capture it on camera. Above is a picture of the bridge we walked across. It goes over a creek that flows from the Creve Coeur lake not far from there. It was definitely amazing. 

After that, went up to a train bridge on the east side of the river in Maryland Heights. There were three tracks, all on different levels of a hill. It was very cool to look at from the bottom of the hill. While we were there, we saw two trains go across the bridge. One going east and then west. I took a few pictures there as well. Afterwards we drove around town and looked at some other places where the Central Midland tracks go through. We saw a few of their engines, one of which Brenden got to ride on a while back when he went up there to talk to a few of the guys that work there. They were pretty neat looking. 

That was the extent of our train watching/foaming adventure. But we did go out to dinner with my parents at Pasta House later on for my dad's birthday. That was fun. And now, here I sit on the living room floor writing this with my snoring love sleeping behind me. He's so adorable. I can't even try to wake him up because he's just too cute. Haha. But he's gonna have to wake up some time! :D

Shannon

New.

It's been a while since I've posted, so I decided to give you an update. I've started school, and I love it. I have four total classes, Math, Intro to Poetry, Psychology, and SCC Singers. The reason I love it is because I only go twice a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays! And...for the first time in four years, I have kept an A in my math class for four straight weeks! I'm actually understanding it and doing pretty good! I've never been so proud of myself. I like my psychology class too, because it helped me finally decide what I want to do with my life. I want to be a high school counselor. I made this decision because I don't want any other kid to have to go through what Brenden had to go through his senior year. It was a counselor's fault that he didn't get to continue doing winter drumline like he had the last three years. It devastated him and a lot of other people, and I hated seeing him so upset. And I know that if I were a counselor, I would always make sure I had my stuff together, and I wouldn't let any kid miss out on anything.

Those are only two new things that have happened in my life thus far, but I haven't mentioned that I got a new job! I work at a daycare only a mile from my house. My official title is "Miss Shannon". I work with one year olds and little baby's. I love my job so much. I get to go in and see all the smiling faces of these kids and watch them grow up. It's also been teaching me a lot about responsibility and preparing me for when I have kids of my own. The people I work with are amazing, and everyone is so nice. Right away I felt like I fit in there and they all welcomed me. I definitely like it a lot more than the lame bowling alley.

I would also like to mention that next week, September 24th, is mine and Brenden's One Year Anniversary. :D Time has gone by so quickly. We're planning on taking a road trip up to Galesburg, Illinois to spend the day there. There are so many trains in that city, it's insane. I've wanted to go there really badly since he told me about it, and now we're finally going to! I'm really excited. I would say what I got him on here, but in fear of him seeing this post, I'm not going to reveal that until after he knows what it is. But I will say this...I really hope he gets me a promise ring. He's been saying that he's not going to, but part of me doesn't believe him. He knows I want one, and that I wanted to get him one as well. But he won't wear it because of his job. Which is understandable. So I didn't get him one. But I still hope he gets me one because to me it's a way of saying that he will always love me, and one day we will get married and be together forever. But I'm not getting my hopes up.

So there ya go. You're all caught up on my life! Stayed tuned for further updates on school, work, and my relationship. :D

Shannon