the equinox

ok. autumn is here. officially. all the windows in my apartment are closed and when i walked into the kitchen five mintues ago to turn off the timer on the stove (and to turn off the brown rice that was cooking), the linoleum floor was COLD under my feet. autumn is here. winter is coming. c is in bed with a cough and runny nose and asked to have the light turned out and for me to sing her a sleepy time song, and it's only 7 pm.