September

When I think about it being September, I want to scream until I’m hoarse! I feel that way every year, but this year more than most. 

A little boy wearing a blue backpack and carrying a paper bag lunch walks on a dirt road and all you can see for miles ahead is barren desert
photo by Ian Burt via Flickr

September means back to school for me too, because I’m going to teach a class at Fanshawe College again. It means colder weather is inevitable and once again, I didn’t get done everything I wanted to do around the house. This year it’s easier to live with that since we added the deck. I adore fall, and could enjoy a climate of endless spring or fall with no problem. I’ve always really despised winter, even as a kid when I tried a lot harder to get along with it by skating, skiing and playing in the snow. But when I say that if I had dual citizenship with the US, I would move to Florida for good, I’m not kidding. I mean it like I mean spiders are useless and green peppers are a weed, not a food.

So please allow me this grumpy moment even though it doesn’t make a lot of sense. You’d think that after a few decades of experiencing the seasons, a person would stop resisting them! Not this person, apparently.

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