With the start of Fall weather I find myself outside more and more--every chance I get in fact.  Without a doubt, Fall is my favorite season, I'm starting to feel the way I hear others feel in the Springtime.   In fact, I have to fight the urge to skip work and go out and play in the wonderful weather.   I've not done it yet, but when I do, I have my excuses all lined up:
 

• I'm too fat to get into my work pants.
• A buffalo escaped from the game reserve and kept charging me every time I  tried to go to my car from my house--darn buffaloes.
• I accidentally flushed my keys down the toilet.
• I had to help deliver a baby on my way to work.
• My wife said I couldn't come into work because I have a lot of chores to do around the house.
• I cut my fingernails too short, they're bleeding and I have to go to the doctor.
• One of the walls of my home fell off the night before.
• I was poisoned by my mother-in-law or father-in-law.
• My mother is in jail.   Or maybe my mother-in-law is in jail--she did poison me after all.
• God didn't wake me.
• A skunk got into my house and sprayed all of my clothes.
• I have a bad case of hiccups.
• It's way too cold outside to leave the house.
• I blew his nose so hard that my back went out.
• My house lock jammed, and I'm locked in.
• I'm sad. 

• My cow bit me.
• I was spit on by a venomous snake.
• I have to be here for my wife's (or O.J.'s) grand jury trial.
• I have to ship my grandmother's bones to India.
• I tripped over my child and was knocked unconscious.
• My car broke down and was held up by robbers. I was arrested as a result of mistaken identity.
• I forgot to come back to work after lunch.
• I couldn't find my shoes.
• I hurt myself bowling.
• I totaled my wife's van in a collision with a cow.
• A hit man is looking for me.
• The ghosts in my house kept me up all night.
• I accidentally drove through the automatic garage door before it opened.
• My brain went to sleep and I couldn't wake it up.
• I was watching a guy fixing a septic pump, fell in the hole and hurt myself.
• I was walking my dog and slipped on a toad in my driveway and hurt my back.
• My son unplugged my alarm clock.
• I forgot what day of the week it was.
• Someone slipped drugs in my drink last night.
• A tree fell on my car.
• I'm too drunk to drive to work.
• My monkey died.
• My son accidentally fell asleep next to wet cement in our backyard. His foot fell in and we can't get it out.
• It's way too nice outside to be in the office.    (When all else fails, try honesty.)

I'm not sure which one I'll use, or some variation, but I've got to find time to enjoy the great out-doors before "Old-man Winter" comes to visit.   Maybe you got an idea or two of your own from the list.   In any event, I hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend!