Winter is all I can think of on the cloudy days that were supposed to sunny and the sunny days that were supposed to be long. While the rest of the country is melting under sunshine rays of death, my city had a summer of 78 minutes. If you think I’m complaining, it’s because I am. Just want to be clear.
What do we do with the overcast skies and reoccurring mist? For starters, we overdose on coffee, get stuck in traffic, commiserate about the forecast and then we get on with things.
We pretend it’s summer. We pretend the days are long and gorgeous like they were once upon a time. We continue to tell people it’s not all that bad because it isn’t (at least it wasn’t) and we hold onto those memories of sunburns and barbeques and spf. Then when people really push us, we’ll lie and say it isn’t all that bad because we live here and have a mortgage and are just plain committed for the time being.
Finally, we’ll get anxious, looking for warms spots in the day, willing to take any glimpse of blue skies and 75 degrees. We’ll rush to take the dog out and the sweatshirt off. Is that sun? Hold that thought. I need to take a walk, plan a picnic and wash my car. I’m working from home tomorrow because there’s supposed to be sun between 2pm and 4pm. If the forecast is wrong? Well, then we'll cry into the rain that is washing our lawns because it’s just not fair to be promised “partly sunny” by a nice weatherperson who is a compulsive liar.
Finally, when it’s August and there have been only 3 consecutive days of sunshine strung together we book a trip to Vegas because a 78 minute summer is just messed up, people.
Or maybe that’s just me?
this post is dedicated to every solar-powered person living in seattle. this too shall pass....
78 minutes of summer is uncalled for, undeserved. Get yourself to Vegas and inhale as much of that beautiful dry heat as you can, get yourself the deepest, darkest tan/burn that will last at least a month. You body and mind will thank you. I can't handle rain or gloom at all!! Can you tell?
ReplyDeleteAw! I am sorry!! Honestly- I've ALWAYS wanted to visit Washington!! If I can find someone to go with me, it is top of my list!
ReplyDeletei wan to live in washington SO bad! i be its lovely!
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Dude. It's been over 100 degrees here for like weeks in a row. No rain, no clouds, no nothing. And I kind of hate August, because it's the hottest month of the year here and drags on forever. There is no fun to be had in this kind of heat. We'd almost kill for the weather you've got - but isn't the grass always greener on the other side?!
ReplyDeleteHope you can enjoy a bit of summer before summer is all gone up there!
Ha! My friend in Olympia always says "No, it's not that bad." "It's warm here." "It doesn't rain that much." but I stayed there for 3 days and barely saw sunshine :) However, it is BEAUTIFUL. The funniest thing though is after he praises that area, today he tells me that he has to get offline because the sun is shining and he needs to soak it up as much as he can. Makes me laugh :)
ReplyDeleteI guess the grass is always greener on the other side...I'm from the Midwest, and it is absolutely miserable here. Actually, we've had a few days of rain so it isn't too bad, but for most of the summer the temperature has been over 100 degrees. I was actually in D.C. for most of the summer, and it was humid and very warm there as well. It's like I can't escape it! I'm sure it must not be fun to have dreary weather most of the time either, but I'd give anything to have a week or two or even three of it in comparison to this unbearable heat!
ReplyDeleteWe nearly beat a record of over 100. Just 2 days shy. Darn. It hasn't rained at all this summer... not one day, not one minute. Trade- halfsies?
ReplyDelete@Jasmin It is lovely here! There's a ton of stuff to do and I'm a fan of Seattle. I'm just rooting for temps in the mid 70's so I can say we had a legit summer ;)
ReplyDelete78 minutes of not, I love Seattle!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a funny post! Not that I'm laughing at your 78 minutes of summer but just the way you put it made me laugh! : ) We haven't had much summer in my part of the world either and it sucks! Vegas sounds pretty good to me too!
ReplyDeleteYES!!! i had to get away from it and i moved to arizona last summer. you should join me. you would never regret it!!!
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry but I had to laugh when I read your post.... you see we were in Seattle two years ago and know what??? The entire time we were there it was sunshiny. I mean not a cloud in the sky, lower 80's, and we could see Mt. Hood every single day. Crazy, huh? I won't tell you what our temperature here in Indiana, just that I got a sunburn today but Monday is supposed to be at least 30 degrees lower.
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