and so it ends....

Today was the last day of August and tomorrow marks the unofficial begin of fall. And while the weather here in Wisconsin makes it feel like fall, I am not ready to begin this cycle again. Over the past few days I have had some things on my mind that have started me thinking that this whole unemployment/no school/limbo world I'm living is soon to end. Come morning I will be getting up early and getting ready to go to an interview. And while it isn't an interview for a job in a firm it is something that will keep me busy. I'll be interviewing for a docent position at the art museum and I couldn't be more excited.

Along with this I've decided to ask firms if they are willing to give me an unpaid internship. It's not a paying gig like I would like but I desperately need experience; even if it's an internship and even if it's unpaid. And while I do all of this I've realized that fall can hold some amazing possibilities for me.

So while the summer has ended, I have high hopes for this coming fall and when tomorrow comes I will post a new list of things to do in fall. And now it's time to do my final check of my summer list and see what I have accomplished.

✓1. enjoy a good rain storm

✓2. watch the sun rise and set on the same day

✓ 3. peruse vintage & independent shops

4. go to the farmers market saturday mornings

✓5. blow bubbles off my balcony

✓ 6. take more photos

✓7. contemplate life under the stars; actually I contemplated life under a meteor shower!

8. find an abandoned country road, get out of the car and dance

✓ 9. exercise everyday

✓ 10. read

✓ 11. watch more films

✓ 12. stay up late with friends

✓ 13. buy and wear more dresses

14. more drive-in movies @ Miller Park

✓ 15. learn to play the guitar

16. make my "apartment" my "home"---- I'm getting really really close!

✓ 17. write letters to friends

18. get a job----- an interview tomorrow.

✓ 19. wear bright lipstick

20. buy a cute vintage bike with a wicker basket

✓ 21. observe people at Alterra

✓22. get a summer glow, partially.

23. learn to play the cello

✓24. girl's night---- unofficially, I've spent a lot of time with my girls

✓25. sleepovers

26. jazz in the park---- to accomplish in september

✓27. pitchfork music festival... scratch that now it's Lollapalooza

✓ 28. summerfest

✓29. state fair

✓30. use my polaroids

✓31. visit the new modern wing of the chicago art museum

32. visit northern wisconsin and see the goats on the roof

33. go bowling

34. fly a kite

✓35. work on my thesis idea

✓ 36. enjoy my birthday

✓37. study anthropology

✓38. make an apple pie from scratch---- made a hell of a lot of cookies for friends

39. do more diy projects

✓ 40. enjoy a new piece of art every wednesday at the milwaukee art museum

✓ 41. green my thumb

✓ 42. reduce my footprint

43. find my groove

44. do something good

✓ 45. eat more fresh foods

46. make sun tea

47. go sailing

✓48. drink coffee and read the paper on the balcony in the early morning---- I read the paper on the balcony with afternoon tea

49. learn to speak a new language

✓ 50. day dream

I've done 34 of the 50 listed. I wish I could have done more but there's only so many days in the summer and I've done so much more than what's on this list that I feel I have taken advantage of perhaps my last summer without a care in the world.