Autumn

My favorite season is approaching. I love the colors, sounds, smells, and tastes of fall, specifically in the month of October.

I can't wait to carve a pumpkin, mull some cider, kick a pile of leaves (and I may make a visit home to rake them), and reminisce about what Halloween USED to be instead of a drunken nightmare.

However, I do NOT like the following things about fall:
-My lips are chapping like nobody's business.
-I'm cold all the damn time.
-I can't find a matching pair of socks because it's been so long since I've had to wear them.
-Wearing shoes.
-As soon as I get out of the shower, my newly shaven legs turn into cacti.
-The Naked beer isn't fresh anymore.
-It's dark at 8.

So as I mourn the passing of another summer, I will grab the nearest 10 blankets and try to remind myself that I do, after all, need the seasonality of Wisconsin and forget that we're expected to have 120 inches of snow this coming winter. But why so soon?!