fall arrives.

What a glorious fall weekend! The last few days were filled with lunch and movie dates (Shake Shack and The Help), a trip down the High Line, a concoction of warm rum and cider only to be followed by a hot apple pie a la modé, brown boots and scarves, and a transition from light and pale nail colors to a deep, dark purple one. While the official equinox isn't until the end of the week, I think a lot of people would agree that fall wholeheartedly arrived in NYC in the past few days.

I couldn't be happier.

However, today marks the beginning of a very busy school year for me. On Mondays and Fridays, I'll be babysitting an adorable little baby boy named Fox who turned two-months-old on September 14th. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, I'll be student-teaching in a kindergarten class at P.S. 452 on the Upper West Side. Tuesday nights and Thursday nights I have class. Throw in some gym time, reading and TV time, weekly date nights, homework, eating, and sleep and I anticipate being one busy, busy gal.

I am so, so excited to start student-teaching tomorrow but I am also equal parts nervous. This is it. This is the beginning of it all and I have no idea how it's going to go. I did meet my cooperating teachers last week, though, and they immediately eased a lot of the tension and anxiety I was feeling with their warm demeanor and friendly smiles. I'll keep you all posted on how it goes!