Journal: 10/18/05

Yesterday started out on the chilly side, but then gradually warmed up to become a lovely spring-like afternoon and evening. I drove to the gym at 5:00 a.m. wrapped in my fleece jacket and firing up the heater in the car. The air felt almost frosty, giving me the sense that I might be chilly all day. When I came out of the gym soaked in sweat, the strong winds seemed like winter’s more that autumn’s. However, as the hours passed, the day turned softer. At some point in the late morning, I threw open the window in my classroom and enjoyed the temperate feel of the air. Whenever I went outside to get to another building, memories returned of strolling to classes in the springtime. The evening, though, was the best of all. I taught a brief class at the college, and when I walked to my car around 7:00 p.m., a warm, gentle breeze was blowing and a summery-looking full moon was sitting peacefully above the buildings. It felt a whole lot more like April than October. I sort of skipped and waved my arms a little as I sauntered across the campus in the darkness.