How I love rainy days...

This has been the most beautiful weekend ever. Colorado is known for all of its' sunshine but for those like me, these rainy, gloomy days are pure bliss. I don't know why but it seems like the fall/winter bug has bitten me particularly hard and early this year. I have never been much of a summer person but my goodness, this summer just hasn't been doing it for me. I've been dreaming about yellow leaves, cool air, sweaters, snow, hot coco... You name it. I was even tempted to make pumpkin muffins a few days ago to satisfy my "craving" for fall. This is so strange!! The officer doesn't quite feel the same way about the cold as I do. He always calls me Siberian, I say he may have fun being an Alaska State Trooper. But no, we're not moving. All I know is, I woke up this morning to a little taste of what's to come and I'm ready. I am so ready! I just feel so productive on days like this. Laundry is being done, the cheesecake for my coworkers birthday is in the oven. All that's left is the intimidating task of unloading and reloading the dishwasher which I will avoid until further notice (I give myself one hour before they drive me crazy). Now I believe a cup of coffee and Desperate Housewives are in order.

Since it's been a while since I have last posted, I guess there's a little going on worth mentioning, but I think I'll save those details for a later time. The officer worked every day last week due to overtime so he was feeling the insanity as well. Thinking about it now though, this past week hasn't been as bad as I thought it was in the moment. We ordered our save the date magnets and have made so much progress with the wedding. I got to see the officer's mom and sister, my own family and some close family friends and my best friend and her boyfriend came over for dinner yesterday. Good friends are the most valuable thing anyone could have. Despite all of the stress going on, I am happy and thankful for who I have in my life. And it is nice to finally be able to slow down and soak it all in. Time to prepare for whatever this week has to throw at us...

Oh and before I forget, I was perusing a wine store in town and found this little gem:

 

We absolutely did not need another bottle of wine but this one was special. Prior to his current department, the officer used to work for the SWAT team of another department. One fateful day he comes home and tells me about the honey badger Youtube videos that he and his coworkers were watching and to put it shortly, the whole SWAT team (including my fiance) were obsessed with that video and that animal. Apparently, watching the video was a daily ritual for a little while and they printed out a giant poster of a honey badger to hang up in their locker room. The honey badger was the unofficial mascot of the SWAT team. I mean really, how funny is it to imagine a bunch of big tough SWAT team guys obsessing over a honey badger. But even more so, I personally received the response "honey badger don't care" to almost every question I asked the officer for a month. I don't think I will ever be able to get those videos and those memories out of my head. If you're brave, go to Youtube and search honey badger don't care and baby badger. This will all seem clearer then. But the look on the officer's face when I walked into the apartment with this was priceless...