Fall. The season most associated with orange and yellowing crunchy leaves, smokey lattes named after a vegetable, and the undusting of thick fuzzy sweaters. However, that is not the case for many regions of California. This season brings upon different, less slow and relaxing connotations for some. This article will address how to prepare for the untypical-yet-typical fall in Berkeley.
1. Tissues
You’ll be crying or sweating out of frustration from the oncoming tundra of midterms.
2. Metaphorical safety nights
Fall is for falling grades, right?
3. Shorts
With weather in the high (fahrenheit) eighties this week, I don’t think that heavy sweater begging to be worn in your wardrobe would be a wise decision. You might as well put on your workout clothes if you’re going to make a trek from your apartment on Parker Street to Soda Hall.
4. A jacket
Okay, it does get cold late at night though. Perhaps around or after ten.
5. Snacks
Make sure you always have these in your backpack. Let’s face it, getting food will be a perpetual struggle with your arduous-as-a-marathon 8 AM to 6 PM days.
6. Medicine
The odds of not getting sick before an important exam or a busy week is not in your favor.
7. A baseball mitt
For all of the unexpected curveballs life likes to throw at you when you have a never-ending to do list.
8. Lecture notes
Specifically for all of the times you overslept and missed those 8 AM’s. Hopefully you have generous friends that would help you out with this, or hopefully those missed lectures are webcasted.
9. Time
More time to eat, sleep, study, do homework, go to class, attend to extracurricular activities and hang out with friends. Do more than twenty four hours' worth of things in the twenty four hours you’re given every day.
