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Finally Fall Break

    Fall Break took its good old-time getting here. After the month I've had, I'm ready to be home for a longer weekend. Before I can enjoy my break, I have a few tasks I need to get out of the way. After recruitment ended, I felt like I was playing a huge game of catch up with classes and work. I've been spending long nights at home and in the library trying to focus, but the only thought crossing my mind is Fall Break. Currently, I'm sitting in the library trying to get ahead on work, so I don't feel overwhelmed when I come back from break. If you couldn't guess, it's not going well. All this library trip has shown me is I have a lot more work than I anticipated. Not only do I have multiple assignments due before break, but plenty due once we return. My toxic trait definitely is pushing things too far back in my mind, so I don't stress about them, but then the due date arrives and I start to panic. Rather than talking about all the negatives of my school life, I want to highlight all of the things I have planned for break.

    Every Fall Break when my mom comes to get me, we always take the longer route to get back home, looping us to Columbus. Unfortunately, there is no IKEA in Cleveland, so our closest one is Columbus. My mom and I love going to IKEA, especially during my first break. Around October is when IKEA starts to bring out their Christmas decorations. My mom loves to see all the new items getting brought out, she even will look up YouTube videos of other people scooping out the new arrivals to watch on the way down there. Besides IKEA, we always stop into two bakeries right around the corner to pick up some sweets on the way home. All in all, our Columbus excursion lasts about two to three hours. Even then as we start to make our way home, we tend to stop at the Tanger Outlets. Luckily, this weekend is supposed to be pretty warm, so it'll be nice getting to walk around. This is typically our last pit stop before making our way back to Cleveland. While Thursday will mainly consist of driving around, Friday and Saturday will mainly consist of me working. Now that the Guardians are in the postseason, I get to work when I'm home. However, my department closes down to transform into a media area, meaning I'll be working in a different department. I'm really nervous to because I don't know much about the ballpark outside of my department. I'm trying to look on the bright side because I will be making money. 

    After the all the driving and work is finally out of the way, I'll get to enjoy one of my favorite fall activities, going to Patterson's Fruit Farm. Similar to Sutter's in the Ada area, Patterson's is a cute pumpkin patch with all your fall necessities. My favorite thing to get when I go is their cinnamon doughnuts. I always end up bringing back a dozen to enjoy throughout the week. I don't want to spoil too much of the trip, you'll have to come back next week for that story.


Until next time XOXO,

Hallie

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