Autumn

Well, it's nearly 2am and here I am typing when sleep should be the priority. Too wound up from work I guess. Oh well, I'll live. Fall is finally here, and I love autumn! The sound of the name alone is soothing and cool. I like it so much in fact, if I ever do have a little girl I think I'd push for her to be named "Emily Autumn". Those flow well together. This is a mellow time of year, less sweaty, and the leaves have started to turn. I guess I like this period most since every month, from August to December, there're special days of some kind to celebrate. Aug. and Sept. hold various birthdays, Halloween in Oct. (and Tori's b-day, she's Erick's wife!), Thanksgiving in Nov., then more birthday's and Christmas in Dec. Of course underpinning the whole season is football- football, football, FOOTBALLl! Yep, great time of year. Long walks in the cool evening amongst rustling leaves and fading red sunsets; the sounds of Pop Warner games carrying over rooftops; the mingled scents of burning leaves and logs on the fire... It's poetic in its own way, even at 2am.