I'm sitting here wearing my "Hairy Beavers" sweatshirt and a pair of shorts--and freezing my butt off.
Why are you wearing shorts, then? you may ask. I'll tell you: I rarely wear long pants around the house before November 1st. It's just my way of saying "NO!" to Wisconsin's weather. So I will freeze before giving up my shorts, unless I'm going to be outside for any amount of time. Then, good sense dictates that I dress appropriately, no matter what my personal convictions are.
Speaking of: I have to go outside for an hour or so this afternoon, and the temperature is a balmy 34 degrees F. So, while the "Beavers" sweatshirt stays, the shorts are going to have to go--for the time being. I really don't want to get frostbite just because the backyard needs some tidying up.
Winter. A necessary evil, but one that I could certainly do without. My 'leaves' don't turn colors. I don't hibernate. My growth doesn't stop for several months during the year (though lately, I wish it would--at least around my waistline!).
So, if I were a plant, I'd probably welcome the winter. If I were a squirrel or a black bear, I'd yawn, find my lair, and take a winter-long nap.
But I'm a human being. We've conquered the rest of the planet--let's get busy on the weather thing, okay?
And so it goes...
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Ii really pains me to respond to this particular blog, since while we have had torrential rains the temperature is in the 80's. As far as shorts are concerned, people down this way don't stop wearing shorts even in December and January. Actually, there are many days when you can get away with it. My problem is when I see them with sweatshirts or jackets wearing shorts! Now, I don't know whether that is kind of an "I won't give in until I have to" attitude or plain stupidity. I imagine it's a little of both. We will no doubt have to gird ourselves for our "Houston style winter". I guess if you consolidated all of our "bad" whether it might equal a month, if that long. Like I've said before, we have about nine months of hot and humid, and three months of not so hot and humid, with what we laughingly call winter somewhere in between. Oh well, think warm; that's the best advice I can give.
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