Thursday, September 03, 2009
Ah, Fall!
When I was younger, I didn't really have a favorite season of the year. I guess if I did, it would be summer, because school was out and my birthday is in August. But the older I get, the more I like fall. Fall rocks.
On Monday morning, I stepped out of the house to go to work, and there was a discernible nip in the air. It made me smile. I like the weather of fall. It's comfortable. You can wear a jacket, or if you don't mind getting a little chilly, you can leave it off. The heat and humidity of summer (see, the older I get, the more often I spend the summer in Washington, DC) are over, and it's actually nice to be outside again.
Along with that comes the beautiful changing of the leaves. Although I don't live in New England anymore, maybe it's the case that once you have lived there for a couple of falls, every fall brings back the vivid colors they enjoy there. I remember a drive through Vermont and New Hampshire one October where I was actually gasping at the foliage all day long.
Halloween is an awesome holiday. The only problem is that Ellie told me theother day she wants to repeat her costume from last year: a cupcake. She was adorable as heck, but if she sticks to it, we won't be able to come up with a new fabulous costume. And I should start thinking already about what I'll do for my pumpkin.
Football season, of course, is the other main reason to love fall, and it starts tonight, when I'll stay up late to see if Boise State can win the only difficult game of its season against Oregon. Summer is the cold dry spell for sports, but both football and basketball start up in the fall (though football is more important while the two overlap). This year, I'm particularly excited to see what happens to my BYU Cougars. They have what I believe is the perfect schedule. A national superpower (Oklahoma) at a neutral site, a former national power that should still be ranked respectably (Florida State) in Provo, a road game at a respectable C-USA team (Tulane), and kid brother Utah State on the Friday before General Conference for the guaranteed win. Plus, Utah and TCU both come to Provo in odd-numbered years. I don't expect this year's team to go undefeated (heck, I'll be happy if they lose to Oklahoma by less than 21 points), but I do expect them to win at least 9 or 10 games and end the season ranked. That's about all one can expect as a BYU fan. Of course, there's also that tantalizing possibility that if the only loss is a close one to Oklahoma, BYU could be the first one-loss BCS buster.
I love fall!
On Monday morning, I stepped out of the house to go to work, and there was a discernible nip in the air. It made me smile. I like the weather of fall. It's comfortable. You can wear a jacket, or if you don't mind getting a little chilly, you can leave it off. The heat and humidity of summer (see, the older I get, the more often I spend the summer in Washington, DC) are over, and it's actually nice to be outside again.
Along with that comes the beautiful changing of the leaves. Although I don't live in New England anymore, maybe it's the case that once you have lived there for a couple of falls, every fall brings back the vivid colors they enjoy there. I remember a drive through Vermont and New Hampshire one October where I was actually gasping at the foliage all day long.
Halloween is an awesome holiday. The only problem is that Ellie told me theother day she wants to repeat her costume from last year: a cupcake. She was adorable as heck, but if she sticks to it, we won't be able to come up with a new fabulous costume. And I should start thinking already about what I'll do for my pumpkin.
Football season, of course, is the other main reason to love fall, and it starts tonight, when I'll stay up late to see if Boise State can win the only difficult game of its season against Oregon. Summer is the cold dry spell for sports, but both football and basketball start up in the fall (though football is more important while the two overlap). This year, I'm particularly excited to see what happens to my BYU Cougars. They have what I believe is the perfect schedule. A national superpower (Oklahoma) at a neutral site, a former national power that should still be ranked respectably (Florida State) in Provo, a road game at a respectable C-USA team (Tulane), and kid brother Utah State on the Friday before General Conference for the guaranteed win. Plus, Utah and TCU both come to Provo in odd-numbered years. I don't expect this year's team to go undefeated (heck, I'll be happy if they lose to Oklahoma by less than 21 points), but I do expect them to win at least 9 or 10 games and end the season ranked. That's about all one can expect as a BYU fan. Of course, there's also that tantalizing possibility that if the only loss is a close one to Oklahoma, BYU could be the first one-loss BCS buster.
I love fall!
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