Summer forever

I can feel my body getting ready for fall. This morning, sitting in my room with the windows open, the breeze was a little cooler than normal. All I could think about was snuggling up in PJ pants on a comfy couch and watching a movie. Or maybe relaxing in a coffee shop with a nonfat double-dirty chai (edit: god, that makes me sound pretentious. I'm sorry, I really can't help what I like to drink) and doing some reading. But as soon as I stepped outside, I was greeted by warm sunshine and a breeze that still held a distinctive summer scent of flowers and warm green grass. Reality check, body. Its going to be summer for a while.

Its strange to think about completely skipping a season that has always been a routine part of my life. This will be my 22nd fall and the first I've ever missed.  While I do love the changing leaves and the jeans/sweater weather, I can safely say that fall has never really been one of my favorite seasons. The shift from summer to fall signals one major upcoming event to me: winter. I've always hated winter. I have an adoration for flowers and warm sunshine and pretty green-leafed trees (hence my fascination with California), and winter takes all of that away from me for four long, dark months. That, and I hate the smell of cold. Ick. But I digress. Even though fall doesn't have the special place in my heart that spring and summer do, my mind has kept unconsciously returning to the telltale signs of autumn that are absent here in California. I'm finding myself yearning to pick up the scent of crunchy leaves or spiced cider, and I've been feeling extra cuddly. Does anyone else feel like fall is the best season to cuddle? Maybe I'm only thinking this because I miss my boy.

My roommates have told me that California has a fall and a winter, but I would be lying if I told you I didn't laugh out loud when I heard that. So it gets a little rainy and a little colder. But not by much. They balked when I asked if they temperature gets down to even 50. And what makes it weirder is that California seems to think its fall. Starbucks is still advertising fall drinks, you know, all that pumpkin spice shit. And they have gloves at Target? Please.

So, for all you back in the Midwest, enjoy the beginning of fall! I'm jealous. But please know, when its starts to get really freaking cold and you have to walk to class through the stupid snow, I will be here. In the California sunshine. Laughing. And then, come January, I will be there with you. Probably crying.

Also, I've received a couple special requests to blog about this:

I don't really know what to say about it though. I was studying on campus and witnessed some nice lady taking her ponies on for walk. Really, what's so strange about that?

Until later my lovelies. <3