When the leaves turn orange and red, all of the summer attire is on sale at stores, and you pull out your ugg boots and sweaters, you know that wonderful time of year has come- it’s fall. I’m sure you can hear the squeals of girls buying their pumpkin scented/pumpkin flavored everything in your head as you read this. However, not all of us enjoy this time of year. How, you may ask, could I say such a blasphemous thing? Instead of getting into an in-depth analysis of why the fall/winter makes my soul rot away, I made a simple list of all the reasons why fall is clearly NOT the best, nor even a good, season

1.The amount of light each day shortens as winter approaches. I am personally not a fan of waking up during the week in the dark, going to school, and in four more hours, it being complete dark once again. If you go to work, that time period is even shorter. The amount of time you have to do what you want to do in the light is not even comparable to the long, endless days of summer.

2. Although nobody enjoys nipping mosquitoes and stinging bees, no one can deny the peaceful lull the cicadas and crickets create when you are drifting off to bed. Windows open, nice breeze coming into your room-all of these make falling asleep a relaxing process. However, when the cold appears, windows are shut, heat is turned on, and there you are, trying to sleep with a silent, boring room. All you have to listen to is the ticking of your clock and your thoughts, mainly of all the stress and work you will have to do the next day. Who would ever choose these long, dull nights for the soothing summer ones?

3. Along with closing your windows and not getting to hear and feel the blissful heat of summer, you must put away all of your tank tops and shorts and replace them with jeans and sweatshirts. Yes, these long-sleeved clothes may be comfortable, but think of how much more time it takes to leave the house with all of your layers of gloves and hats. Dog owners know exactly what I’m talking about. If your dog needs to go out, in the summer, you throw on a pair of flip-flops and leave. In the cold seasons, you have to layer up: this means coats, hats, gloves, boots, and a leash of course. Walking outside of your door to your car is a treacherous journey, and is one of the main reasons people stay in their house watching television all day.

4. Everyone in this township knows and loves Rita’s Water Ice. If you don’t live in this area, I’m sure you have a few cold treats you love to munch on in the summertime. However, what happens when it gets cold? Rita’s closes. Ice cream trucks stop playing their music and coming to your neighborhood. Ice cream is too much trouble to eat; you end up turning into a Popsicle yourself. All the good summer foods are gone, void, and you must wait until the following year to eat all of your favorite foods once again

5. Although fall is arguably one of the prettier seasons, with the changing of the leaves into deep reds and oranges, what it signifies is much sadder: death. No, I don’t mean people start dying off in the fall, I mean nature. The vegetation die. Animals go into hibernation or migrate. All of the flowers turn from pink and red and yellow to…a whole lot of nothing. Also, when all of the leaves fall of the trees, the joyous task of raking begins. After raking leaves, shoveling snow is soon around the corner. I don’t believe many people can say those are their favorite activities to do on the weekends.

6. Some of the nicest workouts and activities to do in the summer- boat activities, biking, running, fishing- are nearly impossible to do in the winter. Sure, you can go out on a lake in November or December, but I sincerely hope you don’t fall in the water. Biking and running become a laboring task, much like walking your dog, in which you must put on many layers before heading out. If it is snowing, forget it. Staying active in the fall/winter time is extremely hard to pull off unless you have a gym membership or your own treadmill, which are definitely not the cheapest to have and are not always financially reasonable to have. The bears aren’t the only creatures to put on a few pounds when the temperature drops.

Overall, fall is the greatest season to ever exist and everyone should worship this time of year (I hope you hear my bitter sarcasm). This list is mainly comprised of my own complaints, and some of my parents (they cry every time they store their kayaks away for the treacherous cold). As obvious as it is that summer is my favorite season and my own personal heaven, there are certainly a few (very, very few-almost nonexistent) things I enjoy about this time of year, so you can stop thinking I am completely heartless. However, trust me when I say I would not mind living in a world where every day was 85 degrees and snow never fell from the sky. Maybe Arizona is in my future…