I love fall. It's probably my favorite season. Living in Indiana, fall is that perfect temperature between the too hot of summer and the snowy mess of winter. There's flannels and Halloween and an abundance of pumpkin spice and apple cider themed treats. As much as I love fall, I can admit it has its drawbacks, too. Here's some of them:

1. When it's cool in the morning and blazing in the afternoon.

You know the what I mean. When you wake up in the morning and the air has that perfect crisp feel, so you put on jeans and your favorite sweater, only to be burning up and feeling so much regret when you're walking to your afternoon classes.

2. Rain, rain, and more rain.

To some people, like me, rain is the best. It's the perfect cozy weather for book reading and cozy cuddles (bonus points if there's thunder and lightning!), but it also means getting to class is a pain in the butt if you don't have rainboots/shoes with good traction.

3. Halloween costumes. . .

This is Indiana, y'all. All of those "sexy" costumes are a no-go here, unless you're willing to risk hypothermia (or a very bad cold, at least.) It literally snowed last year on Halloween. Is it possible to make a jacket over a costume sexy? Please, someone tell me how.

4. Burning leaves.

Maybe this isn't as widespread of a problem as I may think, but in my hometown it was definitely not fall without that stench of burning leaves. The smell was awful, and it stuck in your hair and clothes forever. Yuck.

5. ALLERGIES.

*Sneezes in a lecture* "Bless you!" *Sneezes four more times* "Okay, enough already!"

6. Daylight savings time.

My internal sleep clock does not get along well with fall savings time. More daylight? Technically. But sleep > daylight, let's be real.

So, like any realist, I can point out the flaws in my favorite season. Despite these drawbacks, you know I'm counting down the days until it's fully acceptable to wear sweaters, scarves, boots and drink a pumpkin spice latte in public.