Also.

I would like to state officially that I am a self-diagnosed Peak-Too-Sooner. I am denying myself the pleasure of listing all the many, many, many things I love about fall because every year I get all hyped up at the first drop in temperature and all the lovely emotions that fall conjures up in me are spent by the middle of October. So I am resolutely against talking about crisp air, fire smells, scarves, jackets, or pumpkin anything until at least the end of this month.

We'll see how long that lasts.

Meanwhile, there's a deep dark place inside my soul where Little Girl Rachel is giddily jumping up and down and squeaking excitedly about closed-toed flats, football games, and autumnish things.

Wow, that didn't last long at all.

Don't even get me started on Christmas....