This drought blows!

I love the fall. It's my hands-down favorite time of the year. The amazing colors, the cool, crisp air. It's our reward for enduring another broiling southern summer. Here it is the end of October, and we're just beginning to see and feel the autumn weather--sweatshirt weather! Last weekend was magnificent, and as much as I tried, I couldn't enjoy it because WE NEED RAIN. Our lakes are drying up, we have extreme water restrictions, and we feel guilty if a shower takes longer than five minutes. I've started thinking of days with heavy rain as the gorgeous days, but I still marvel at the changing of the leaves.

The drought is pretty scary. They're telling us we only have enough water to last less than three months--and I live in a pretty big city. I've been wondering what else they can restrict, water-wise, when it gets to that point. Showers every other day? Toilet flushing on odd or even days only? Mandatory bottled water for drinking?

Don't get me wrong! Compared to what the folks in southern California are dealing with, this is nothing. A water shortage doesn't put my home in jeopardy like those horrible fires. Come to think of it, I should really carpe diem and enjoy whatever weather comes my way.

It's actually a beautiful fall day today. When I finish this, I'm going to put on a sweatshirt, step out in my tree-laden backyard with a cup of hot cocoa and a book to soak up some literature, drink in this amazing weather and hope for rain. Until then, I'm Sue in the ATL, wishing you a an absolutely perfect day...whatever that means.