My mom likes calling me a winter child because I always had some kind of inclination for the cold. Even though winter is my favorite (I'm happiest at 0-5 degrees Celsius), I absolutely love the crunchy and colorful leaves outside. There's a bunch of trees that just changed color around my apartment so I get a great view every morning. I'm not really a pumpkin spice latte kind of person, but I love coffee in the morning when the temperatures start to drop, especially as it starts to rain really often. 

I know most people hate rain, but I absolutely love it. No one really uses umbrellas where I'm at, so it's a great excuse to wear a rain jacket over a hoodie and be really lazy and comfortable all day. And that's exactly what I wore to the football game today (American football, just for clarification)! I freaking love watching sports, and basketball is my number one, but football is a close second. And all the guys seemed really surprised today when I started spewing stats and one girl was like "wtf how do you know this?" And I just laughed because I come from a state where football is king. 

But today was honestly great. Football and fall make me a really happy person already, but rain is even better.

Yesterday, however, was not as great. I went to an Asian supermarket about a block from campus right when they opened, early in the morning, and there was a bunch of huge men in there. I didn't even notice them until they started following me around the store and then started hitting on me, to the point where either was very uncomfortable and was ignoring it. Then they followed me for two blocks, commenting on my body and saying things I really would rather not repeat on here. I was wearing sweatpants, an oversized long sleeve, and my hair was thrown in a bun. I was debating on calling a friend because it was early enough that most stores in the area weren't open yet and there weren't people around, but I got lucky and they eventually left me alone, even if I felt disgusted and really taken aback about what they said about me and my body. Lesson learned: no doing groceries early in the morning anymore. I know this isn't really an uncommon experience either, and yes, I'm aware that the kind of people who do it are really minimal to the majority, but it was still scary at the moment. 

Everyone who is close to me has told me that they consider me to be a "tough girl." I was an athlete growing up, and I usually had more guy friends than girls until college. I know how to defend myself if necessary, and on occasion, have had to defend some of my own friends when they get themselves into some not-so-safe situations, but that didn't make yesterday any less scary for me. I think what I'm trying to get at is that it can happen to anyone. It doesn't matter how vulnerable you are, or not. It doesn't matter what time of the day it is. Honestly, it doesn't really matter where someone sits on the gender scale. It can happen to anyone. I just got lucky. So please, stay safe.