Seasons

I can't imagine what it must be like to live without seasons. Even if there's something dastardly inconvenient about winter and summer in particular, there's always something that will make their absence felt.

The mornings and evenings have grown quite cool here... it's so nice to roll over in bed in the morning and peel the covers back and feel it lift the heat off your skin. After the summer heat waves in the Valley it is a welcome change!

And the school buses have started roaring on the streets again, which bring to mind the smell of new notebooks and shiny pens and pencils neatly arranged in a row. It was always a treat to walk home from the first day of school with a list of supplies to get for class, to have an excuse to splurge at the drug store (particularly in the pre-Staples/Office Max era)... This manic sensation I have for Back-To-School fever is probably what's keeping me sane at the moment, ironically enough!

I definitely miss the leaves turning, and falling down to leave behind those bare hungry branches of winter. I got to see it last year before leaving NY, but definitely won't be around for it this time around!