Autumn is coming

Most people know fall is coming by the changing of the leaves, squirrels running around with cheeks stuffed with acorns, and people decorating their homes with pumpkins, mums, and corn stalks. At my house we have an entirely different gauge. Autumn is the beginning of the fight for the bed covers. The weather turns colder and it is everyone for themselves. I tug, then he tugs and so on. For most of our married life, I have been on the losing end of the battle ~ waking up in the middle of the night to find myself shivering without so much as a sheet to cover me. Unfortunately for him, last year he let me in on a little secret. He and his brother shared a bed growing up. Luis suffered much the same fate that I did. Now I do what Luis does, I put a death grip on the covers. I hold on and don't let go. Last year's battle went to me!