As of 2 am last night, summer ended. For me, summer doesn’t end on Labor Day or on the Autumnal Equinox, it ends on the last weekend in October. This is when Daylight Savings Time ends and we move our clocks back an hour to Standard Time. Our days become shorter and the sun sets earlier. This is when I stop thinking about going to the beach and start thinking about how to keep warm during the upcoming months. I start thinking about Thanksgiving and of Christmas.

This time of the year also brings back a lot of different memories. I was walking through UCI tonight after mass. Since I have to park at the University Center, on the way home I decided to walk across the bridge that connects UCI with the University Center. I’ve crossed that bridge countless times during my college career when I lived at Dartmouth Court. But there’s something about crossing that bridge at night in the crisp fall air that brings me back to a better time.

Posted on October 30, 2005 in Uncategorized.