I don’t like October. When I was at school, it was a long way since the Summer holidays, and a long way until Christmas. At work, it’s a long way between bank holidays, and near the end of the leave year, so you have no spare time to take off. Back in the UK the weather is just meh. By that I mean that it is not a nice Autumn generally, and nor do you get the advantages of Winter, those being the nice crisp mornings, with frost or snow, and a very pretty scene out of the window. Generally, October is grey, in the UK, literally, in more southern places metaphorically.
Ambivalent grey weather is not something that is a problem here. There is no doubt what the weather is feeling over here. Take the last two days – both started nicely, but by mid-Afternoon there were the most epic thunderstorms, combined with biblical rain. By the evening, it was back to the clear skies and balmy evenings.
Of course, now it isn’t actually October anymore. And the shops over here are somewhat similar to those in the UK. Now that Halloween is over, they fill the space vacated by the witches outfits, by Christmas stuff.
Now this is really quite disorienting for me. So, in the UK, I would feel a little Christmasy by dint of being cold. Having been cold we can warm up by doing Christmasy things, like drinking mulled wine, sitting by open fires, eating roasted meats. Over here, I’m still wearing shorts whenever I can.
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