InnerTeub

Two weekends ago, I left the house early in the morning and worked my way through the moist sponge that is the DC summer to meet up with good friends and slog ourselves through the heat on a training run. At one point my friend Laura complained that the outside smelled of dirty laundry, which I’m sad to say was actually just the smell of me sweating through my running clothes in record time.

What can I say? DC is built on a swamp, and you really, really know it in the summer.

So when I walked outside today to a brisk cold wind, I was THRILLED. I love fall. LOVE. It smells of leaves and marathons and pumpkin bread and scarves and apple cider and the GWU Men’s soccer team that runs along my running route with the occasional shirtless member. Fall is good stuff.

And what better way to ring in the briskest day of the year than with its signature drink: Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte. It’s heaven in a cup, and it’s on sale starting today. Bring it, Fall. I’ve got my scarves ready to go, my puppy ready to hike, my legs ready to run, my pumpkin bread ready to cook. This “summer” with its “heat” and “sunshine” and “long daylight hours” is like, SO over.