Melancholic
The weather can mess with your mood.
The skies have been gray and dark for two days now. You can just imagine how that’s making my mood go out of whack. I know I’ve said time and again that Fall is my favorite season of all. I should’ve qualified that. I love the early weeks of Fall when the trees turn to their most vibrant colors imaginable. But the last days of the season always send me spiraling down to inexplicable gloom.
I woke up early last Saturday and decided to take Bamboo for a walk. It was quiet and all I could hear were the crunching leaves beneath our feet. Only a few trees still had leaves on them. The bare branches against the gray sky created an almost surreal picture.
Yesterday when we turned back our clocks to standard time, night time came quickly. It was already dark by 5 o’clock. I was almost tempted to bring out my Christmas lights to counter the somber atmosphere. Today, I know that when I drive home, I will need to turn my headlights on.
So, so sad.
