Fall-the good, the bad and the ugly

I love fall! The leaves on the trees are so pretty! The seasons are changing! The days are getting cooler. I was married in the fall. Halloween is in the fall. Thanksgiving is in the fall. Needless this is the "good" about the fall.
The bad: Christmas is quickly approaching. The days are getting shorter. The kids are back in school. People's driving is getting worse because of the impending snow, sleet and freezing rain.
The ugly: Again, the leaves. Raking all the leaves. Again, and again, and again. Raking the leaves when it is cold and wet out because it's better than raking them out from under the snow. UGH. I'm not complaining...oh wait, I AM complaining...but I know it's something that needs to be done. SO, out in the cold and wet I shall go...but because of the days getting shorter, it'll probably be cold, wet and dark.