yellowbug says:

The temperature is currently 56 degrees. Light drizzle is falling. I am completely over-dressed in long leggings, closed-toe shoes, a long-sleeved shirt with a wool cover up over, and a knit hat on my head. Yes, I'm rather toasty right now, but Fall has arrived and I must dress accordingly so it'll stick around longer! It's like when that first taste of spring comes, and your toes have been cramped up all winter, and you hear it's supposed to be 75 that day, so you whip out your flip-flops only to freeze your little toesies off in the chill 50-degree morning weather. But I have this weird thought that if I wear my flip-flops and suffer through, summer will come quicker. I have the same odd promptings today; therefore, I will tough it out in my wool cover up, and you can thank me when this wonderful Fall weather lingers. I love how Lubbock people get so excited when it turns a bit chilly outside. On Sunday, it was going to be in the 60s...

I was priveleged to be a part of this organization on Saturday. I will honestly admit that I don't do a lot of community service. Scratch that...ANY community service... (Unless you count church activity.) But Matt's law firm deals with elderly clients whom often suffer from dimentia & Alzheimer's. They sponsored a table at the walk along with a photo booth. Matt & I got our lazy butts out of bed WAY earlier than normal on a Saturday and manned that table. We also offered sign-ups for an Alzheimer's clinical trial.   I was seriously dubious as to how many people would sign up for this. I mean, clinical trials are kinda a big deal! But I was SHOCKED at the willingness of our comunity! Especially those whose family members had been affected by Alzheimer's; they wanted to contribute as much as they could to furthering the reserach and development of an Alzheimer's cure.   Many people told us their stories of how this hor...