Flip Flops in December!

I love it! Flip flops in December! What a great thing. I was so surprised this morning when I saw the temp was in the mid 50s. I had an appointment and I decided to wear the flip-flops.

Typically this time of year in the mountains of Western North Carolina it is cold and either rainy or snowy. I am a die-hard on flip-flops and have had to give them up in the past in October. Not this year. The weather has been crazy. Last week it was cold! This week it is somewhat mild for December. Is this global warming? Whatever it is I like it! I don’t like wearing real shoes. I prefer my flip-flops!

I Don’t Like Fall

I don’t like Fall. You can call it Autumn. Whatever you want to call it…I don’t care. I don’t like it. It’s cold and dreary and a precursor to the season I hate: Winter. Fall is a melancholy time for me. It’s a time of dying. The trees are losing their leaves and looking dead. I know it is all a part of the circle of life, but it looks so sad. It makes me feel sad. I hate the chill in the air. I hate having to blow dry my hair because it is too cold to let it air dry. I hate the fact that I need moisturizer in the Fall and Winter months. I hate that I never feel warm.

I wish I was a bear sometimes. Then I could hibernate. I could pretend Fall and Winter don’t exist. I bet that is why they hibernate. They hate Fall and Winter, too. It’s easier to sleep through it than to deal with it. But then that poses a problem for me. First, I am not a bear. Second, I have bills to pay. Third, I am an insomniac. Sleeping through these months would be difficult.

I guess I will have to try to find beauty in it. It’s hard for me, though. I do love the brief color of the leaves. Before they fall off the trees and they look dead. I do love soup. But lately I haven’t had time to make any. Ahhh….Fall has really made me negative today.