As we begin to concede to the month of September, there are numerous factors that prove to us that summer is officially coming to an end. Stores have started to flaunt their fall clothing lines with window displays and magazine advertisements, while simultaneously relocating all of the summer- type garments to the sale racks. There is pumpkin-spice flavored everything. Football season is in full swing. The candy isles of grocery stores are now lined with different assortments of candy corn and pumpkin shaped lollipops in preparation for Halloween. All of these components work to confirm that the autumn season is upon us. And while we will miss summer and the entire absence of schoolwork that comes with it, we should welcome fall with open arms. Why, you ask? Well, maybe because fall is the obviously superior season to summer, and let me tell you why:

1.) You aren't introduced to a blazing furnace of extreme heat every time you step outside. Sweating becomes second nature during those sweltering summer days. Why put on makeup when it is just going to melt off the second you reveal your face to the sun? Good thing fall presents beautifully crisp winds that cool you off with every evening stroll or trip to the pumpkin patch.

2.) The clothes are better. Try and argue with me on this one and I'll give you the reasoning that I have always given: Fall is better because you can wear jeans. What's the big deal, Bethany? Jeans? Who cares? Well, you should care, because do you know what jeans mean? You don't have to shave your legs. No one will know if your legs are actually the furry wasteland that they become after a few weeks of not shaving, because jeans hide that embarrassment for you! Score!

3.) Thanksgiving. It's an entire day of hanging out with your family and friends and eating good food. That's the schedule for the whole day. Does it get much better? Probably not.

4.) Candy goes on sale the day after Halloween. And I'm talking all candy. Those huge bags of assorted brand name candies that your teacher used to hide in the bottom drawer of her desk in middle school; on sale. That box of chocolates that you like to pair with a night of Netflix binge-watching; sale. Up to thirty-percent off people.

5.) It's closer to Christmas. Closer to watching Elf and drinking hot chocolate and shamelessly listening to Michael Buble's Christmas album literally every night.

Don't get me wrong. Summer is great, but only in moderation, and three months of it is enough for me. Happy fall, y'all!