Fall is by far my favorite season. Even in Texas where we don't really get beautiful foliage, the first cold front is enough to completely change the atmosphere. Summer seems to wear out it's welcome in Texas; it's that friend who comes into town and keeps deciding to extend his trip one more weekend. To me, summer is halter tops and rap music, lying by the pool, staying out too late, wearing light nail polish and bright colors. There's something so juvenile about the summertime. It's too extreme and too crazy. Everyone is half-naked so nothing really seems sexy. Social interaction takes place over melty ice cream and is finished in about half an hour. People traipse off to exotic locales or stay home and shop for that new pair of plastic sandals.
Fall, on the other hand, has some weight to it. In the fall you have long conversations over coffee while looking chic in a sweater and jeans. Fall is dark lipstick and spicy perfume; it's baking cookies and visiting family. I think that Fall is also a much more grown-up season than summer. When you stay up late on a summer night it's to go out dancing with friends, when you stay up late in the fall it's to curl up on the couch and watch your favorite movie.
When you're married it's surprising what things make you feel married. Things like watching the Late Show together in bed while one of you reads the paper (or, in our case, while one of you reads online news.) And I always get really excited about all the couple-y things to do in the Fall. I wish it would go ahead and get cold so that we could bake sugar cookies, or so that we had some justification for staying in all night and playing video games. I'm ready to break out my sweaters, to buy a new wool coat, and to finally get a pair of knee-high boots.
Bottom line: I'm not an out-doorsy sort of girl. And when it's all nice outside you can't do anything without feeling like you're "wasting" the weather. But when it's cold and windy and kayaking would be out of the question, all of the options involve being indoors and performing a sort of human hibernation that centers around food and cuddling.
So away with you summer! Be gone! I tire of your heat and your humidity, and of my through-the-roof air conditioning bills. How about if I promised to bake you some cookies?
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(this entire entry must be read in the voice of Mr. T.)
say fool, people go out less in texas in the summer than they do in alaska in the winter... that's the gospel truth... furtherwards, there ain't no better weather in texas than you get in the fall/winter/spring... it's still hot half the time... average temp in the 60's or something even in december... so save your sweaters and your parka for fantasy island and traipse yo' ass out of doors this autumn, fool!
-mr. t
(did you know the "t" stands for "traipse", fool?)
ps-iffin you young'uns don't know who the hell i (mr. t) is, just substitute the voice of samuel jackson, as portrayed by dave chapelle, it's the same difference, fool!
I think you have comment spam up above Mr. T. I was with you when reading your post; summer up north is great and obviously much different from yours, but I'm still looking forward to the colors and coming of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year... and I think you're right about not feeling bad about being inside etc. But then a Mr. T mentioned Alaska (hm...) and reminded me that next month's temperatures in MN will be your January. So =P and go outside while the leaves change at least!
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