“Oh, It’s Fall."

It is an upside down day.

In the front of the house, it’s cold. In back it’s warm.

My brain is sputtering, but my body feels fine.

Somewhere, the ragweed must be blooming like a fiend.

This is the change of seasons. Bittersweet. Beautiful but itchy. Hot and cold at the same time.  I feel  like I should be able to enjoy it, but I am too confused. Should I sit outside in the sun, or put on my winter jammies and curl up in bed? I will probably end up sitting in the sun in my winter jammies.

It is just that kind of day.

But it might be genetic changes in my body. I did a little googling and scientists have found that certain genes that fight infections activate for winter. They aren’t clear on why this happens – temperature or weather or light? They just know that our inflammation response kicks into overdrive and certain immune response diseases increase because we tip over to fight flu and malaria and such.

Very cool. But if my genes are changing, I am too. That’s why I’m all haywire with hayfever and “hey, what the hell should I wear today?!”

That’s my theory.   

However, we also have a major eclipse of a super moon. The gravity is changing and doom-sayers are jumpy. Maybe that is why the dog walks backward while peeing, and Philadelphia is kicking ass in the first half.

It is a very weird kind of day.

If you see me in a winter parka and flip-flops, walking backwards and crying, “Oh God! The Eagles are winning! The world is coming to an end,”  don’t worry. I’ll be better in a few weeks. Probably.