I wish October would never end.
And I don't just say that because my birthday is in November and I'm beyond the age where that occasion is cause for celebration.
By now, everyone knows I hate February. July isn't much better.
Thankfully, October makes up for it all. It's the best month of the year, and there isn't a close second.
Think about it. With the exception of the freak chill happening today, the weather is gorgeous. The leaves turn colors and the scenery matches. If you're an outdoorsy type, there are limitless options for outdoor festivals, hiking and most anything else one might do that doesn't include air conditioning. If you are a sports fan, football season hits full swing, hockey season begins and the World Series drama unfolds. The cultured among us can enjoy a new season of symphony and opera, and even the couch potato is finally freed from summer reruns.
No matter who you are and what you like, there's something great about October.
On top of everything else, Halloween caps off the month, presenting a rare opportunity for adults without kids (or with available childcare) to use their imaginations to find a creative costume, go to a party and act like children for a night in our otherwise stuffy, overworked society. Those with kids get to watch them enjoy one of their happiest nights of their year.
Everyone wins.
I love October. I'm sad to see that it's almost two-thirds complete. November is good too, but it marks the end of sunny days and a transition to the time of year when people hunker down and try to stay warm in their houses after work, and then pretty soon everyone starts getting busy with holiday stuff and disappears for awhile.
But October isn't over yet. And we don't have to let it go quietly.
There are still 11 days left. That's plenty of time to enjoy the foliage and gentle autumn breeze and thanking God for creating it all. There's still time to meet friends at an outdoor patio somewhere to enjoy the last vestiges of sun until March. Halloween is still more than a week away--more than enough time to get creative about a costume and figure out how to make it happen.
In short, there are still plenty of chances to live. In the best month of the year.
Don't waste them. After all, it will be February again before long.
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Those sound like most of the same reasons that I like September best of all... Must be because we're farther north.
ReplyDeleteThe second half of September is as good as October. But the month as a whole loses points because of its first half. It's still too hot (at least down here), tv is still full of reruns and it isn't as good of a sports month (the first few weeks of the college schedule are filled with power teams against pushovers, and the NFL doesn't start until the week after Labor Day.) Labor Day itself is a nice bonus for September, though.
ReplyDeleteSeptember-November are my favorite 3 months of the year, though, so there isn't much seperation between them all in my mind.
I also agree that October is the best month of the year because in October, i was able to get a visa to America and probably in the same month i was able to get a full scholarship at one of the best high schools in USA.
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