Where in the World?
I just got back from a trip to my hometown in the Pacific Northwest. It was COLD! As I made the two hour drive from the airport to the little town , it was raining so hard that the freeway looked glassy. Hydroplaning seemed the norm. I got lost only once and it was only a 15 mile detour. The next morning, it was snowing.
So I should be used to this, right? I grew up there. But I wasn't. I was terrified on the freeway and completely discouraged seeing snow the next morning. (Snow in March there: I think that is an anomaly.
Now I am back in Austin, where I am fretting about the coming hot weather. (Though the spring is wonderful.)
It really does seem that California spoiled me weather-wise. Even though the El Nino storm flooded our basement. Even though our last home was in the fog belt with fog so thick that tomatoes would not ripen and the wind so hard that I needed a scarf to protect my ears--in July. OK, that doesn't sound like I was spoiled.
Maybe I am just a weather wimp. But the whole thing makes me wonder where in the world I belong.
6 comments:
Hawaii! (I think you would've hated the desert in west Texas.)
Maybe you belong in all of the above! You could spend summers at Mom's house and vacation in California when you need to. I feel the same way, though (what's my perfect climate?), and think Hawaii is a very tempting option. If only it weren't so expensive!
There must be some slum to lower middle class neighborhoods somewhere in Hawaii. The only way to get perfect weather is like Glenda suggests, live in two different places in their best weather seasons.
Another way to think about perfection is that what is, is perfect, just the way it is. So Austin has perfect weather, for Austin.
Hey, I am not looking for perfection here!
And understand, I have the flu and am whining, big time.
GK's solution is the one we are planning.
I feel the same way, though (what's my perfect climate?), and think Hawaii is a very tempting option.
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