things that remind me of fall bcuz it's being stupid and it's still really hot

• leaves? everywhere?? i don't know man, it's really comforting
• staying up late not by choice but because you have to finish co-op homework (hello darkness, my old friend)
• last-minute sleepovers before school starts as you try to cram memories into short spaces of time
• the fall smell?? i can't describe it but i love it
• this song
• okay don't judge me i'm embarrassed but i got really into Dan and Phil this time last year
• nutcracker!!!!! auditions and waiting (which is where i am now, the cast list comes out tomorrow)
• a great big world
• entire pints of cookies and cream lactose-free ice cream on wednesday nights during homework
• easterns and the smell of fairs
• new socks
• my two lovely OC's Sarah and Micah i'm so sorry for all i put you through
• comfy sweaters
• hot cocoa
• raking leaves unhappily
• oversized scarves and sweatpants
• rehearsals every weekend
• the underlying fear as i lie in bed that i forgot to do something
• okay again no judging but shout out to my ex by little mix. i know i don't have an ex but the song is so catchy fight me
• soccer from back when i was an athlete (now i just spend like 4 hours at the studio every weekend for nutcracker, totally not the same thing)
• sleeping with the windows open and three comforters
• fuzzy socks
• coffee in the morning
• character shoes and packed lunches at the studio
• layers of clothing and stage makeup and bad covers of thinking out loud
• yoga and candles at night
• pain bcuz pointe shoes are a thing
• lol say goodbye to grass because it's all dead now
• (not like we had any grass in our yard in the first place)
• a p p l e  p i c k i n g 
• that sunniness that happens when you're in an orchard in the afternoon and the light is filtering through the trees and it smells like apples and joy and everything is perfect
• baking anything 
• i'm really excited about fall can you tell
• man i just love it so much

  

  here, have a stereotypical picture of beautiful fall leaves because they actually don't look like that yet because the weather has decided to throw more humidity and hot weather at us pls stop i want to not suffocate in my warm clothes