Welcoming Autumn is Bitter Sweet

I love the Fall. I love the cool, crisp air and the changing colors. But I'm sad summer is over. I feel like I blinked and completely missed it. Outside of a short trip to Yellowstone we didn't do anything. We didn't even go boating. We always go boating. I'm afraid next year I'll forget how to ski. I miss summer. I miss it even though I am digging through boxes looking for all my Fall/Halloween decorations and picking pumpkins out of my garden. It's been raining the past couple of days and I've been tempted to break out my Manheim Steamroller Christmas CD. I usually try to wait until at least October before I play any Christmas music but this weather...