This morning as I drove to work it was really, really windy. The leaves were coming down like snow. This makes me incredibly sad because I hate this awful almost-end-of-fall time of year. The trees become bare, it gets dark at 4:45 p.m., we already had our first overnight frost, the snow tires go on next week and damn, it's getting cold. (Nevermind the fact that our country is doomed for the next four years. That's beside the point, right?)
I miss the summer, yet I'm ready for the winter to just start already so it can be done and over. Or at least fast-forward to Thanksgiving.
November just drags.
It's only the 5th?!
Today I realized it's that awful time of year for another reason: Scorpio. Look back to last year's and the year before's posts around this time. I'm in my crankerina crappy fall mood, where the world is against me and I'm too spent to fight.
I refuse to let past failures get me down. This fall will be different. And right now I vow to seek the good things about the impending cold weather. Let's make a list, shall we? Feel free to add on.
• I get to try out my new all-wheel drive in the snow. Bring on the donuts!
• My birthday is coming up, which hopefully means a trip to Miami is in the future.
• College basketball.
• Faux fur winter coats are fabulous.
• Fireplaces are good, too.
• So are down comforters.
• Who doesn't like Santa?
• And pumpkin pie?

And remember, Nov. 22, when the sun reaches Sagittarius, is just a mere 17 days away. That's when the world returns to better-than-normal circumstances.