If you do not understand the reference in the title you are not human, but I'll be the bigger person and explain it to you anyways. It is a line from one of the most iconic songs in "The Sound of Music", A Few Of My Favorite Things. In it, Maria is trying to diffuse the fear in the room (caused by a thunderstorm) by telling the children to think of their favorite things. Apart from my title, she mentions girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes, snowflakes that stay on [her] nose and eyelashes as well as many other things. My list might not be as creative as hers, but there's one thing that's always near the top: October.
October is just the easiest way to encompass most of my favorite things into one word. I could go on for pages and pages about why it's my favorite holiday, but I'll just stick to the essentials. I love October first and foremost because it really signifies fall. The weather is the epitome of perfect with its sun and slight breeze. It's the perfect mix of comfy and cute weather. You know, the kind of weather that requires nothing more than leggings and a baggy long-sleeve shirt? The leaves are changed colors to the most beautiful yellows, oranges, and reds that I ever see, and just enough of them are starting to fall of said trees to be able to make huge leaf piles (which one is never too old for may I add). It's the month known for pumpkin everything. Kids going to pumpkin patches on school field trips and teenagers going to be cute and retain their youth. teenagers can overlap with kids when it comes to the enjoyment of pumpkin patches but they also have a chance to overlap with adults when it comes to pumpkin spice lattes and pumpkin pastries. That being said, it's the best time to be a teenager. I won't go into all the details of why Halloween is amazing, that could be its very own post, but just know that the magic and enjoyment that everyone gets out of that holiday is also a reason to love this month. It's also that time of the school year that everyone is finally completely settled and comfortable in a routine. Some might have gotten there in September, but now everyone is typically on the same page. All in all, it's pretty hard to have a negative thought in October, which I guess would be the reason I love it most.
Well, I may not have put it as eloquently as Maria and my sentences didn't rhyme, but there you have it, these are a few of my absolutely favorite things.
