Revgalblogpal Friday Five: Fall Transformations

This week's Friday Five:

For this Friday's Five, share with us five transformations that the coming fall will bring your way.

Bonus: Give us your favorite activity that is made possible by the arrival of fall.

I spent last fall in London, where the season is more commonly known as "autumn." This fall has some different changes in store for me:

1. Moving from New Jersey to the Seattle area. While I called the Pacific Northwest home for 16 years, I lived 4 hours south in Portland. Seattle will be a new town for me, at least as a full time home. Familiar but different.
   
2. New living community. I am going to spend a few months living with our retired sisters at St. Mary-on-the-Lake in Bellevue, WA - more commonly known on this blog as west coast groovy sister hq. I've never lived at St. Mary's. I'm really looking forward to spending time with the wisdom women who call that forested corner of Lake Washington home. Not to mention living with the trees for a bit!
3. New ministry. In a few weeks I will start my new ministry position at the Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center in Seattle. IPJC is sponsored by 16 religious communities (including my groovy sisters) in the Pacific Northwest. They work to promote just structures in the church and world. I'm very excited about the opportunity to work with this group!
4. Vows. On October 11th I will be professing first vows as a Sister of St. Joseph of Peace.
5. Vows. Did I mention that I'm professing vows this fall? I think that's a big enough item to warrant TWO entries on my transformation list! Aside from entering the community in the first place, vowing poverty, celibacy and obedience is likely to be the most transformative experience not only of this fall, but my entire life.
   
6. The bonus question. Since I'm returning to the Pacific Northwest just in time for fall, I'll be able to partake in one of my favorite past times ... walking in the rain! Yes, I am a northwesterner at heart.