Maddd shout-out's

Greetings! I want to take this time to give a big shout-out to my good friend warm-weather-in-the-middle-of-October. You make getting out of bed at 7:30 more bearable by shining the sun's scorching rays of promise in my eyes--the promise of bringing a warmth of 75 degrees Fahrenheit to my mid-autumn afternoon. I can roll down the car windows on my 2 minute work commute, and I can take the risk of wearing my 3/4-length-sleeved sweater to my job instead of a long-sleeved one.

Days like you affect everything in a positive way. The colors of the fall trees are more vibrant. You make the children's laughter seem oh so cheerful and not at all annoying as they play together outdoors, and you make the notes of the mystery mid-afternoon trumpet player (my downstairs neighbor?) practically dance in your gentle breeze. And, oh, such glorious Fridays you bring! A grasshopper landed on my shirt as I walked to the mailbox during my workday, and a little girl gave me a bracelet. Now that wouldn't happen on a dreary, fifty-degree day!


Warm October weather, I salute you! Don't be a stranger.


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