Complaining about weather

posted by Jeff | Saturday, June 4, 2011, 10:15 PM | comments: 0

I try not to complain too much about weather. My last winter in Cleveland, I was pretty much certain that I was done with that season. At the time, I didn't know I would actually not, in fact, be living through another Cleveland winter. So with two Seattle winters down, I can honestly say they're not that bad (though people here act like it's the end of the world).

That said, this spring was tough. Temperatures remained about ten below normal for about two months, meaning we saw way too many 40's and 50's. Heck, we've got a 57 degree day forecast for this Tuesday. The rain doesn't bother me, and it's still pretty rare to have more than a day at a time without some tiny bit of sun. In fact, the weather is so different between Redmond and Snoqualmie, that it was never terrible. But the cold bothered me a great deal. It brought me down.

I learned last summer how much I really like hot days. We had a couple hit 90 last summer, and it was awesome. One of my favorite things about hot weather is when you go into a place that's air conditioned, and you're wearing shorts and it's kind of cold, but in a good way. Then you go back outside, into the sun, and it's a blast of hotness. Go to any theme park in July in Orlando and you experience that over and over. I love that.

The weather in Seattle is pretty manageable, but I have to admit that if I could have something more Florida-like, I'd be all about it. I can see myself retiring there. Now if I could just figure out how to retire at 40, that would be awesome!


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