In need of fresh air, I awoke Tuesday morning… and stepped on to the back porch with a cup of piping hot coffee in my hand. I am not sure what I was doing honestly. I was running behind. I had a friend that needed to be transported to the bus station and a job I had an obligation to show up on-time for. Alas I was on the deck with this cup of joy I had no intentions of drinking at its then current temperature, dreaming of the next season. Summer has become rather stagnant. Maybe that is because of my glorious 9-5 job... one that permits little time for drifting idly on large bodies of water in my kayak, hiking new terrain, lounging lazily poolside, or vacationing? Or alternatively, there is a non-dismissible serious stuff surrounding my every move, clogging my pathways in a physical and substantiated way.
All reasoning aside, what matters is I smelled fall on the porch on this early morning. And it was a great great great thing. The change will be welcomed, more this year than others. That slow transition from shorts and tees to shorts and long-sleeves to jeans and tees to jeans and sweaters; flip flops to closed-toed shoes to boots. The thought of school children clamoring at the bus stop, heading back to the classroom. Structure and stability. FOOTBALL! ...dream... dream... dream...
I snapped back into the moment, hurried through my morning routine. Then come 1:00 pm, I allowed myself to break away from the office freezer, for an afternoon stroll with Cube Neighbor Girl, in the almost fall-like atmosphere.
I am falling for fall. Come on now, hurry up.
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I have noticed that fall is around the corner too! There is something about the "crispness" in the weather this time of year.
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Maybe "crisp" is not the correct word, but I cannot think of another one that describes what I am trying to convey.
As much as I dislike the short days and the cold of winter, I do love the changing of the seasons. And like you, I cannot wait for football to start! Goooo Packers!!!!
xo Meredith