Chillin'

I love Fall! I was so disappointed to discover that Texas doesn't really have fall. It's just like summer extended. You know, still hot, but slightly less so. I had to keep reminding myself when it was 85 out, that yes, it was actually October. And then, just when I thought I would never, ever be cool again, it happened. We gotta "cold" front. It got down into the low 60s overnight--maybe even into the 50s and daytime high? That's right, 73. Then it got hot again, but then, miracle of all miracles! I woke up to frost last week! Actual, no lie, frost! It was 34 degrees out! The daytime high was like 65!

This is my kind of weather. Overcast and 65 (have I mentioned how much I miss the Northwest?). I put on a hoodie and my flipflops and waited at the bus stop, relishing the cool wind on my tootsies. My boys pansied out and complained enough that I turned on the furnace (briefly--bunch of wimps, can't take it when the house cools down to 65 in the mornings . . . ). The weather lately has been really quite pleasant. It's supposed to get back up to 80 again next week (today I actually kicked the a/c back on briefly as it got a little warm and sticky by the afternoon--it's November mind you, a/c in November?), but at least I now have a glimmer of hope that, even though we don't have the lovely fall leaves, at least it actually does cool down around here--occasionally. I'm dreaming of sitting on the front porch in my hoodie and flip flops for Christmas.