Tuesday

So I love fall.  Where I live we don’t get much of one, and I don’t like how fall very quickly and easily turns into winter.  So maybe I love the idea of fall more than fall itself.  Even during a time like this when I’m super busy and don’t really have time to do fall-ish activities, it’s nice to daydream about a time that I will have that chance.  Like fall break or Thanksgiving break!!

So what do I like about fall?  First, I love the fall holidays, Halloween and Thanksgiving.  Even though I usually don’t really have the creativity to come up with a good halloween costume.  My freshman year here I was a gypsy which didn’t take too much imagination, and last year I was Daphne from Scooby Doo and also someone from the 80s.  I need to start coming up with costume ideas now if I actually want to make it happen.  I really want D to be here for Halloween so he can go to the Halloween party with me, but it’s also parents’ weekend and the weekend right after my break, so I kind of doubt it.  Ah well.

And after Halloween comes Thanksgiving, which means a week off school and time with friends and family.  Then is my birthday and Christmas!  But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

I like seeing the leaves falling off the trees.  I like picking apples and carving pumpkins.  I love how the air is chilly enough for a sweatshirt, yet not cold.  I like walking through the woods and hearing the whistling wind.  (Nice alliteration eh?)  I like candy apples and trick-or-treaters and hayrides and haunted houses and headless horsemen and cider.  Maybe not all at once though.

This fall, I resolve to participate in more fall-related activities.  Like actually getting out there and picking out a pumpkin and going on a hayride.  I have so many memories as a child of doing fun fall-related things.  Why can’t I still have the same amount of fall fun now?

Em