Zombies

Zombie dream last night. Mehran, my brother, my sister, and I had to quickly pack what we thought we'd need to escape our quickly transformed parents. Great-Grandma was fully converted into a zombie, but she was super slow (heck, she's 90), so we were able to make it out.

I'd like to think that this is somehow applicable to my life, but I'm having trouble seeing it. Suggestions? I've never been one for reading into dreams, usually because mine involve Mario, Harry Potter, flying, and catastrophic natural disasters that require great feats of bravery, often in the same dream. Apparently my brain is on crack the second my head hits the pillow. Mehran often reports that I talk in my sleep, laugh in my sleep, and occasionally wind up on the floor actively trying to save us from flooding or skull crushing steal beams. Poor guy, probably just wants to sleep.

I've felt a shift since my big revelation. For one thing, I get up easier in the morning, probably because I know I won't have to do this forever. The thought of working a rather uninteresting job (or jobs) is a hard motivator in the morning. BUT, when there' an end in sight, things look a bit sunnier. Also, I'm back to my usual list-making self, which, for those of you who know me very well, is the sign of a very happy and productive Katie.

Here's a list of happy things:

1. There is cream-cheese apple tart in the fridge
2. I have worn a light jacket and a scarf for TWO DAYS IN A ROW
3. Mehran put the new Red Hot Chili Pepper's album on my iPod and I've been dancing in my wheely chair all day.

Here's a list of apple things I am going to bake:

1. Apple coffee cake
2. Apple crisp
3. Apple pie
4. Apple dumplings
5. Apple molasses cookies
6. ??? Have a delicious recipe that you would love to share? I will make it and feature it here!

And here is a list of my favorite autumn things:

1. Foodsplosions of every denomination. Cinnamon, especially.
2. Super crunchy leaves. And leaves that smack you in the face as you're walking down the sidewalk, as if to say, “It's autumn, bitch!”
3. Smells. Baking smells, fireplace smells, leaf smells, and the smells of 10 different types of candy in an oversize pumpkin bowl. You know the smell.
4. Cool, crisp air. Having to wear slippers in my apartment
5. Sweaters. Wooly ones.
6. Scarves that are so big they can be used as blankets
7. Boots that make really loud click-y noises
8. Disney's Robin Hood
9. Snuggling.

Things we've learned today: Great-Grandma zombies pose no real threat, you can make almost anything out of apples (please, is this really news?), and I'm autumn obsessed (which is also hardly news if you're my Groupon co-worker, or if you've met me).

Cheers!

Katie