Mlost

haha. You caught me on that. No, it doesn't get cold here. But I did live in Germany for 4 years and Indiana for 2, so I definitely know what winters look/feel like.

I dislike the cold too, but if you can change your perception of it, it can make all the difference in the world.

Close tight the wooden shutters against the windy day.

Walk no more on lanes of grass; pick no more rings of flowers.

As you sense the warmth of summer is fading far away.

Cease your strolls through living forests encasing delightful bowers.

Autumn's gray head has come up to rebuke Summer's playful ways.

Yet weep not for summer green, my child, you have not seen her last.

For although falling leaves seem to replace a bright day's carefree ways,

Summer's fair head will shine again after her wintry blanket has passed.

So think not of this as an ending, or the death of a Summer's sun.

But think of it as a cold beginning for a magical year to come.

I love moleskines... btw.

Hey, I've been NC for about 2 weeks. Can I start the challenge? Also, we have to email each other for logistical stuff until I can move my stuff out of the apartment and we also have to meet up to close out joint accounts, etc. Would that count as NC as long as I just kept it business and didn't try to/let her talk about any emotional?