It's fall?

I'm having a hard time believing that this is fall. The four months I have been here have flown by so quickly that I hardly realized time passed at all. And since most days it is still in the 80s, how can I NOT think that it is still summer? Not that I am complaining, summer is my favorite time of year so I am definitely on board with the endless summer. But slowly I am noticing signs of fall around me. The "Halloween USA" stores and such have been popping up in abandoned store fronts. Wal-Mart has really starting pushing the giant bags of candy... I feel like every year, the variety of options continues to grow! Halloween hasn't really phased me this year. I was seriously considering just skipping it all together, no big thing. I usually really like to dress up and such, but I'm just not in the Halloween mood yet...

The other day I noticed some pictures that my siblings posted. The three of them all went apple picking together and were enjoying some delicious apples straight off the tree. They don't grow apples in Florida, so I am still paying it seems about a dollar an apple here, and definitely not enjoying it right off the tree. But the outrageous price of apples isn't what made me slightly sad. I suppose the fall is bittersweet. Halloween, apple picking, crunchy leaves, all great things about fall back home. Things that I will not experience here. But right after fall, winter comes and punches you in the face. So, I will skip apple picking, and crunchy leaves, and Fright Fest this year. This is what made me slightly sad... well the price of apples also is factoring in a little. 


Although it is sad, I am not upset by it. I have replaced these activities with other ones that I could not do before. For instance, I was just at the beach two weeks ago, it was already in the 50s back home, but the water was perfect here. I have also been going to Disney World, definitely not something that Illinois can offer any time of year. I will even be going to Mickey's Not So Scary! I'm not worried about missing the fall weather, because the way I understand it, Florida's winter weather is kind of like Illinois' fall weather. 


Anyways, I suppose fall is here, even though it doesn't feel like it yet. The moral of this story.... SEND APPLES!!!