It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of a pair of UGGs must be in want of a pumpkin spice latte to sip while reading a cozy book in autumn.
Every year, usually around when the UV finally hits a five, I try to convince myself that I am not one of these people. I like to wear flip-flops with jeans, I go to the lake every Saturday with a homemade sandwich, I eat dinner with my roommates on our balcony in the warm air. How, despite all of these things that I love in the summer, do I still always miss the fall?
The truth is, I’ll always prefer the colder season. Maybe it’s because I’m a student at the University of Oregon, where autumn makes campus gorgeous. There’s nothing like the full, beautiful red and orange trees that line the street, or bringing a hot coffee to the Knight Library to study or even a shivering walk to Autzen Stadium for a rainy game…