Fall

I'm not sure that I like Fall as a season, although there are certain things that I enjoy about it.

1. Many of the best holidays occur in the Fall. I think, other than Christmas, many people think that Halloween is one of the best holidays. Most people enjoy Thanksgiving also. Christmas just misses by a couple of days. If you'd like to refer to a previous blog, the Mexican anniversary of The Day of the Dead is also during this time. Not sure how this ranks in popularity with other Mexican holidays but it's at least popular enough to be listed on my calendar at work, and I noticed that someone called it out on facebook today.
2. The weather is much more moderate. I hate it when the temperature is either sweltering or freezing. I really wish it could be in the high 60s to high 70s all the time.
3. All of the main sports are watchable at this point. The World Series is usually pretty exciting, the NFL is pretty good, hockey and basketball are just getting started...
4. Other than raking leaves, the yard work factor goes down dramatically and is a lot less exhausting due largely to #2.

Spring is probably the best time because everyone has cabin fever and is ready to get out and have fun in the outdoors. I wonder if homeless people get cabin fever. I'm sure that they like spring because it's not freezing while they sleep. Do you think that Homeless people go south for the winter? I'm sure it's a long drive and all that, but maybe they save up the change that they beg for and buy a bus ticket south. Once they end up in Florida, then they're good to go. Ok, so now my mind is racing. Do you think that homeless people in Florida have to worry about Aligators or Crocodiles sneaking up on them while they are sleeping? I mean, if they were warding off vampires, then they could wear garlic, but, what do you do to ward off reptiles while sleeping? I may have to go to the mountain for this one.

Halloween post mortum....
So we went to Shawn and Nichole's for their Halloween gathering. It was great on 2 fronts. #1 is that I love a party. #2 is that I didn't have to sit around and wait for the 7 trick or treaters that we were bound to get. I severely doubt that we would have even gotten that many. It was pouring rain, which would have seriously limited the "crowd".
So, I got into my Michelin Man Costume, and it was pretty ridicuolus looking. On a scale 1-10 it was a 1 and a half. I first wrapped myself in bubble wrap, which was cool. Then I wrapped the bubble wrap in paper towels. Those paper towels were ripping and falling off almost from the get go. In retrospect, I should have taken white plastic bags and wrapped the bubble wrap with that and I would have looked much more credible. I came in, got the requiste laughs and stripped out of the costume almost immediately.
The rest of the night was a blast. We went bobbing for apples. My wife went under water better than Aqua Man. She had the apple in less than 10 seconds. It was uncanny. I was a little bit longer, but again not too bad. My technique was to pin the apple against the bottom of bin and then bite for all that I was worth. At least I didn't have to worry about messing up my hair.
We finished the night by watching the Yankees crush the spirit of the Phillies by coming from behind to best them in game 3 of the World Series. If all goes well, then we'll be 27 time World Champions after tonight. If not, then we'll just have to wait and win it in front of our home fans on Wednesday.