Only at The Hotel Abandon, do the flowers think it's spring on the edge of Autumn. The weather has been mild, the pool a delightful 82 degrees, and life is settling into what will soon be our "Junior Year" mode for Julia and I. We begin week three of this penultimate high school year for her, and already it's beginning to feel less like an experiment and more of a routine. She told me twice today, "Daddy, I love my life." Wow, what a wonderful thing to hear from her lips after all the heartache she has been through the last five years. It made my heart sing to hear it once, let alone twice in the same day. I think she's finding her "stride" and it's a wonderful thing to watch, truly.We were talking about the final Harry Potter movies over lunch the other day, and I said that with the delay, we'll at least have a movie every year for 2009, 2010, and 2011, and when the word "2011" came out, we both looked at each other with a shock, as we both realized that she'd be in college before Harry Potter finished his run at the multi-plex. That didn't seem right, that my little girl could grow up before I finished taking her to all of the Harry Potter movies. But time and life march on.
And I'm beginning to love my life again, as well. Autumn cleaning is almost done, only two rooms and a garage to go (which will mercifully wait until next weekend) and I'm ready for the year, which is good because the holidays will be here before you know it. Of course, the "holidays" start on October 1 at The Hotel Abandon, as that is the day we always put up the Halloween decorations.
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