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It’s the most wonderful time of the year…Fall.

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Stephanie

I love Fall…for many reasons. The food is great (pumpkin everything), the clothes are even better (boots and sweaters…yes please), and the changing leaves can’t help but just make my day, every day. Let’s be serious, how could someone NOT love fall when you go to a school that looks like this…

Photo courtesy of Ryan Love - photographer extraordinaire.

I also love fall because it reminds me of some of the best parts of being at home. Harvest time in the fields and bonfires with hayrides were always the best parts of fall in my middle school and high school years, but now that I live in the middle of the city, I don’t get to experience these things…at all. I’m not going to lie, it’s rather depressing. A few weeks ago I was feeling kind of down, and I didn’t quite know why…until I went to one of my sorority sister’s houses out in the country east of Indy for a retreat. It was amazing…and I knew that I was just feeling homesick and missing fall in the country. At the retreat there were corn fields, cows, horses, a bonfire, hot dogs, s’mores, a hayride, and everything else that comes together to create a perfect fall night. When we left, I had eaten entirely too many hot dogs, I smelled like a fire, and I was still scared from all the ghost stories we told…but I felt so much better.

Here’s a little peek into our retreat…horse rides and all…