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Sorry, Em, but this rainy weather is absolutely wonderful.

When I started waking up this morning and heard the sound of the rain, I smiled. The house has metal-roofed porches all along the front and back, so you can really hear the rain when you get close to the windows, and it's like music.

Got Kiddo gussied up in her rain coat, hat, boots & umbrella this morning and just went and splashed around in the yard. It was cold outside, but the house was snuggly warm when we came back in, and quickly melted away the chill.

I never let the weather get me down. Rain is inspiring -- thunderstorms are the biggest thrill. Ice is exciting. Snow is magical. The sweltering heat of summer leads to slow, languorous lounging while sipping cool drinks.

You see, I grew up in Southern "scattered clouds, highs in the upper 70s" California. Same damn weather every damn day, and rarely ever truly pretty (sky a pasty, blue-ish color, mountains obscured by haze and smog). Just about 2 seasons throughout the year -- fair or hot. An inch of rain qualifies for screaming headlines and Special Report news break-ins: "Flash flood warnings!!!"

So living in a climate where we actually have a *variety* in Mother Nature's moods (you forget she exists in California -- feels like you're on a set in a Hollywood movie studio, the elements are so predictable) is a vast improvement.

And even here in Georgia it's not quite dramatic enough for my tastes. I know it's crazy, but I'm a little jealous of Sol's frostbite coming home from work. Not that I want *frostbite*, but that I'd love to have the drama of fighting the cold like that. To face digging my car out of the snow to be able to go anywhere. I feel disappointed every time it rains in the winter but doesn't turn to snow, and a bit guilty for feeling that way because I know the colder stuff is more dangerous and inconvenient.

So, Em, you can piss and moan about the cold, soggy weather all you like. I'm soaking up the juice into my soul and letting it flow into creative endeavors like baking fresh bread and crocheting a blanket. Educating Kiddo about the glories of drainage and erosion, explaining why the water draining off is that light mocha color and where it goes. What birds do in the rain. Why it rains in the first place.

Rainy days are the perfect opportunity for adventure and discovery. So I think I'll go have some!!
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  • you're insane.
  • spend 11 years in Erie, PA, then 8 years in Syracuse NY -- then tell me you can't wait for it to snow!!! :-D

    There is nothing quite like seeing it snow 3" an hour, to have 50"+ at the end of an event. I love to tell this story... the year I graduated from college, 1996, graduation day was on Mother's Day. It snow 6" that day!!! 6-freaking inches in MAY!!!!

    Now, where we *do* agree is on Thunderstorms. I love thunderstorms. Tracy thinks I'm mad, but when a storm is coming in, I go outside, watch it roll in,
    • Well, get this. One of the requirements for our house was to have a porch that was deep enough so that we could sit on it and watch/listen/feel the thunderstorms come in without getting wet. So the front porch is 10 feet deep, the back porch is 12 feet deep. And this was something we did intentionally, specifically for the purpose of thunderstorms. (Of course, there are other benefits, as well.)

      Still, you won't convince me that I'd get tired of snow. My fantasy growing up was to live somewhere in the wild
      • Still, you won't convince me that I'd get tired of snow.

        Maybe not snow, but spend a couple of winters here and you won't be longing for the -30F any more.

        But I agree about the rain. I love rain.
  • That's all well and good, dear Bethanie.

    I grew up in Northern New Mexico. We got lots of snow. It was mountainous, with clear skies and several gazillion stars shining on clear nights.

    We GOT flash floods. Arroyos would fill quicker than snot and bam! roads unpassable.

    All that is well and good.

    But here's the thing.

    You get to stay home in the comfort of your house.

    You can listen to the rain on your roof, I have to walk 1/4mile through the shit to work.

    I get to put up with the idiots who think Nascar
    • I realized that this is my biased opinion from not "having" to get out in it (or at least seems to be).

      But I also was thinking about the days when I used to work downtown and commute from Duluth. I *still* liked "exciting" weather -- the inconvenience aspect didn't dampen (ha ha) my enthusiasm.

      So there. I've run rings around you logically!!

      ....Bethanie....

  • Yup (Score:2)

    by Otter ( 3800 )
    When I lived in Los Angeles, I finally realized the simple pleasure of looking out the window in the morning and being surprised. It's really nice to be back in New England and have it again.

    That said, there's inches of snow in my driveway right now that I'd be happy to let you shovel...

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  • sounds like florida. i lived there for ~16 years and was not a fan of much if anything down there... especially not the boring weather. although the huge thunderstorms with the lightning shows was way cool. the hurricanes were neat also.

    but i longed for snow. you see, relatives lived in ohio and we visited them in the winter. that was the best season i decided. i still love winter for its quiet snow covered mornings.

    jason
  • Just about 2 seasons throughout the year -- fair or hot.

    My parents lived in Bangkok for ca. 2 years. My dad said that Thailand has three seasons - hot, hotter, and hot and wet. (Though according to the tourist guide books it's cool, hot, and rainy.) Thailand is great but I don't think I'd be able to handle more than two years. I'd miss the snow (and apples and strawberries) too much. I think.

  • post office is getting ticked with my attempts to mail snowballs to georgia, bethanie. Think you're gonna have to wait till i can bring it there myself in a cooler. THEN we can have a snowball fight!!

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