Fall Delights

So, I was awoken this morning first by my alarm, then my alarm again five minutes later, and then my alarm again five minutes after that, and then by the grounds keepers. What were the grounds keepers doing? They were piling up leaves. How? By using gosh-darn noisy leaf blowers. Before eight in the morning! I mean, they work on a college campus, you'd think they have some sort of idea what college kids are like. But, I let it go since I was up anyways. I left in a bit of hurry for my English class - I didn't even have time for coffee, so I was a little tired in class today. Then I came back and got to see the grounds keepers working on the other side of my building, blowing those leaves into piles. I finally had my daily cup of coffee (the first one, anyway), cracked a book (fiction, not text) and read for a bit. Before I knew it, my eyes were closing of their own accord, so I closed the book and curled up for a nice nap. I woke up almost two hours later, and felt very refreshed and awake. That was probably because my calf muscle decided to cramp, causing me to shout an expletive as I hurried to stretch the protesting gastrocnemious muscle. The sudden motion of me springing towards my protesting leg in pain was enough to cure me of my sleep-haze. Once my leg quieted down a bit, I decided I needed lunch, so I walked down to the C-store. On the way back, I noticed how nice the 'yard' looked after the leaves were up. I must confess that few things content me more than seeing a newly raked (blown just sounds bad) yard. Only two things can make that contentment better. One, if I had a part in the raking, since few efforts can produce more beautiful and rewarding products. And two, if there is a big, big leaf pile left over to play in. Yes, what fun it is to pile leaf upon leaf, back up about twenty meters, sprint towards the leaf pile (hopefully it's huge by now), and then at the last possible instant before collision, jump, allowing your fall to be happily cushioned by your friend, the leaf pile. Then, find any dogs or cats or domestic animals you may have (they may be hiding after your display), pick them up, and throw them into the leaf pile too, so they may share the enjoyment (hey, leaves are soft - you won't hurt the animals, I promise). Sigh. Guess what I'll be doing over my Christmas break!