Saturday, November 8, 2008

Whether I like the Weather.


What do you say when you are bundling up on the way out of the house into sub zero weather? I always say, "I can't wait for it to warm up."

What do you say when you are sweating your butt off sitting in little more than your underware drinking Lemonade in the sweltering heat of July? I usually say, "When is it going to finally cool down?"

We all know in the back of our minds that it never stays that very ideal temperature of 70 degrees for more than like A SECOND, but somehow, many people just want to hurry along the seasons.

We forget that it is incredibly miserable on either extreme of the weather spectrum, but also, we always want it to be the other season. I was shocked how fast this happened this year. Almost immediately (on the first 20 degree day after a string of 70 degree days) I started hearing people complaining about how cold it was. But just days before, they had all been complaining about the insane heat. For some reason, people could not just appreciate the sting of the wind on their face even for one day because we know that it's only going to get colder and more biting. The effect is less noticable in the spring than in the fall because people love going outside without their coat, mittens, scarf, hat, and long underwear for the first time in months, but we do eventually forget the novelty and get sick of the heat.

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