In anticipation for the upcoming season, I have compiled a list of six reasons why anyone, but especially college students, should be anticipating fall.
1) It's the best time of the year!
Fall is hands-down the best season out of the four. On a perfect autumn day, you aren't sweating, but you aren't cold either. Malicious insects who harassed us during the summer months are finally dying and descending into Hell where they belong.
2) Decorating your dorm or apartment.
There is nothing I love more than seeing the room I will live in for the next year and brainstorming how to decorate it. If you live at home like I did for two years, it is still fun to decorate for fall in your room and throughout your house. I watch way too many HGTV shows for my own good, so that may be the reason this is so exciting for me. I like to decorate my room with tapestries, flowers, and candles. Speaking of…
3) Fall scents at Bath & Body Works.
I lied. There is definitely nothing I love more than Bath & Body Works in the fall. Please do yourself a favor and never, ever purchase a three wick candle for full price ($22.50). When marked down, they become as cheap as $12.50 or less. Love yourself enough to wait for the sale, even though Cider Lane smells exactly like an apple festival and you burned through Berry Pumpkin Strudel in less than a week. I suppose I should note that experiences may vary here.
4) Wardrobe change.
My ideal autumn outfit includes either a flannel or a sweater. I like to layer, but I loathe the feeling of when it is freezing outside yet I'm so bundled that I'm sweating. This ends up making me even colder than I was. You know the one. That doesn't happen in the fall.
5) You're THAT much closer to your degree!
Congrats! Fall enrollment makes you one-semester closer to finishing your degree. I will say that on some days, this tops my list of things I hate most about returning to school. This is simply because adulthood is absolutely terrifying and there is no good reason to grow up at all. Only on some days, though!
6) Seeing school friends!
Of course, seeing all of your friends again after nearly four months away is an awesome feeling. To my friends at Bloomsburg: see you in five weeks!
