So This Month Has Been A Whirlwind (a short list)

I'll be honest, this month didn't go how I thought it was going to go at all. It hasn't been a bad month, it's just been incredibly busy where I was hoping it would be slow.

1. There's been several heat waves (this has been happening for months though so that's not particular to just August)

2.  Tons of smoke and fires, people all over the place got evacuated for a bit there. We had some friends stay with us for a couple days with some of their animals.

3. The world in general is nuts but I have chosen ignorance and I choose to dance in leaves instead.

4. I got a part-time job and next week is going to be super busy.

5. I paid for an English 12 course (have yet to start it, it's rather daunting knowing that I did this to myself and I actually have to complete it. All of you doing multiples courses at the same time and who have proper deadlines have my utmost respect because I'm stressed over just one course)

6. This month I've run into a coyote (loved that), two deer (I was super excited to see them, although they kept staring at me and my sister as we walked in their direction which made us vaguely nervous), we ran away from a black bear that got on it's hind legs and roared at us apparently. I know you're not supposed to run from bears but at least it was behind a (rather old) wooden post fence which is probably the only reason why it didn't chase us. Me and my sister could have actually been attacked and that was rather nerve-wracking, and we saw a mouse that was smaller than a Toonie (a strange Canadian coin that is probably a bit smaller than your palm) and it had the most rounded back I've ever seen on an animal, it was so cute. I love how with the coyote I felt a weird fairytale kin-ship to it, but the bear I was like 'we could have actually died' as if both animals weren't dangerous. But after running into all these animals this month, the thing that almost did take me out was tripping on the sidewalk where there really wasn't anything to trip on. It's sad but true. Turns out my greatest threat is actually myself, not that that shocks anyone.

7. I've had a desperate need to go to a physical bookstore, browse through pages, and just see the books on all the shelves. I found a stunning copy of Pan's Labyrinth (the utter happiness this book copy gives me is incredible). I almost cried walking around the bookstore. You know it's been awhile when that happens. Then later I proceeded to lose my dad at the mall so that was a rather stressful ending but the start of the mall trip was fantastic.

I'm too lazy to take a better photo.

8. I've been excited for Fall to officially begin but also, now that it's getting here, I'm panicked that I'll miss it. So here's to trying to figure out a way to slow my mind down enough to enjoy it.

9. Our water turned brown. Again.

10. This one is kind of gross but we've had a couple really invasive worms showing up at our rat traps so I'm praying that that doesn't turn into anything major.

So anyways, I could add more to this post but I'm planning on doing a Fall list post at some point so I'll save anything I still have for that I think. It's been quite the month.