keeping my autumn sensibility

I'm going to reveal myself as belonging firmly on the side of the complainers, the glass-is-half-empty types, the sour-pusses when I admit that my autumn sensibility is wearing thin. More than three weeks of perfect, sunny, warm-during-the-day, cool-at-night, dry weather have left me longing for an excuse to go dormant with my plants - hide in the house, cook stews, bake cakes and work on indoor projects, like the plants do underground.
But, the plants aren't going dormant. The tomatoes are out, sure. Lettuce I can deal with. A pepper blossom means coming fruitfulness and I'm not ready. How do folks in California stand it?