FALL!

OK, now. Now it's fall. Now. Today. Not yesterday. Not three weeks ago. Today.

Order up your pumpkin spice. Start burning pumpkin candles. Do ALL THE THINGS. Beginning today.

Yesterday was rainy and a bit foggy and a little chilly. But, it was the last day of summer. Even though a double-tall-non-fat-no-whip-pumpkin-spice-latte would have been delicious, and, yes, that is the coffee order of an utter asshole, it was the last day of summer. As such, I abstained. I waited. I like the anticipation.

And, go. Now. Go!

I love fall. I love everything about it. I love pumpkin everything. I love changing the summer flowers in the flower pots to grasses and mums. I love pumpkin candles, pumpkins on the porch, soup in the crock pot, hoodies, raking leaves, watching movies snuggled on the couch while it rains. I love all of the things as long as they begin on September 22nd. Not a day sooner. Not a damn day.

Starbucks started serving Pumpkin Spice on September 1st. I say to you Starbucks, with love, 'slow your roll'.





Stop, slow down, suck up the last days of summer. Love them. Then move into fall. Then Halloween. Then Thanksgiving. Then and ONLY THEN enjoy Christmas.

For the love of Christ, and it's his birthday after all, wait until after Thanksgiving for Christmas.

Happy. Place.