Fall has finally hit Pittsburgh and my mood has improved 1000%- something about sweat rolling down the back of my neck and my hair sticking to me like glue makes me grumpy. I woke up this morning to a cool breeze blowing through the house, the kids demanding long pants and jackets, and a hopefulness that I can't quite describe- I don't know- something about autumn signals new beginnings for me- a chance to make it better. Perhaps because my public school brain became programmed, over the years, to expect change at the beginning of September. Either way, this weather makes me just want to run through meadows and twirl. Just short of that silliness, I will at least be the owner of better smelling armpits and won't have to drive around aimlessly, polluting the earth with wasteful emissions, in order to surround myself with air conditioning. HERE'S TO BETTER DAYS AHEAD, AND EVEN SOME FROLICKING ABOUT.