Warning! I am about to commit two cardinal sins of blogging: (1) whining (2) about the weather.
I lasted until mid-March, but now I'm calling it. I am officially sick of being cold. I'm tired of wearing three layers indoors, tired of my eyes watering and nose running when I stay outside too long, tired of jogging in place in the shower. I have not been warm in months. I NEED TO BE WARM. Not "warm for winter," not "warm as long as you keep moving," not "the thermostat says it's seventy degrees, what are you complaining about?" Just WARM.
In law school it would always annoy me when people complained about how much Boston sucked compared to where they were from. If the weather/nightlife/Mexican food is so much better in Texas or California, maybe you should have STAYED there. It's not like someone put a gun to your head and forced you to come to Boston. But at the tail end of winter each year, a little voice in my head wonders if we were crazy to ever move back here.
One weekend, when JW and I were living in San Francisco years ago, we went down to the South Bay to visit friends. As we walked through a park on a bright 78-degree day, I said, "I forgot how big a difference the sun makes! I always felt so happy when I lived down here." JW gave me the cold shoulder until I asked him what was wrong and he exploded, "You went on and on about how much happier you were before I moved here!" I felt terrible. I had phrased it carelessly, but of course your level of life happiness is different than the mood you're in when you wake up in the morning. My life was much better when JW and I ditched the long-distance and he moved out west to be with me. My life is great right now. But I have to say, on a daily basis, I have never been in a consistently better mood than when I lived in a place where it was warm and sunny nearly every day, and I could step outside (without a coat on) and be in a park within five minutes.
(P.S. - This is my 1,000th post!)
Congratulations on your 1000th post. Here's to many more!
ReplyDeleteI much prefer living in the sun than in places with change of seasons. I know some people love to see the leaves change and the snow fall, but to me, those things signal death (of plants, of animals who struggle in the wild to find food) and darkness until things start turning around in the spring.
Plus I hate wearing socks, and one needs socks when it's cold out.
Hooray for your 1000th post!
ReplyDeleteI actually have no idea how many posts I've had! Maybe I should count...
Yeah, I too am sick and tired of winter on the East Coast!!! Where is spring??
Yay 1000! Woo!
ReplyDeleteAgree re: winter in NE
I know how you feel! when i lived in chicago, I loved the real winters- until february and march! then i needed some warmth. now i'm back in seattle and back to being a wuss! it's been in the 30s-40s here and I'm so sick of it- we're usually in the low 50s i think (warm right?- lol). our thermostat says 68- but why am i shivering?
ReplyDeleteYay on 1,000!! I agree about the weather. I used to hate my aunt for calling and gloating when she was wearing shorts in February. Now I am her...
ReplyDeleteTHB - blogger tells you. (No, I haven't been keeping a running count.) Look at the control panel.
ReplyDeletePTLM - does that mean I should take your comment as a subtle gloat?