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I am very different from most other people. Many of you reading this website know that already, as you know me outside of my blog. But for those of you who might just be passing by, or only know me from my blog (hmm… you may still be able to know that I’m a bit “different” from that…) I think the following will prove to you just how different I am.
So, yesterday and today have been fantastically warmer. It’s been up near 60ºF which stands in stark contrast to the previous two months of winter. It’s been cold and we’ve had snow on the ground for nearly two full months. I believe we’re at about 93 inches for the season. (Most, or all of that from maybe the middle of January until now.) I have posted here before how GREAT this winter has been for me!! I absolutely love snow! And I do enjoy the cold weather.
What I have noticed around me in this recent, drastic warm up is that EVERYONE (and I think I can safely say EVERYONE) is just in a good mood. Life is swell. Things couldn’t be better. Smiles on faces, whistles on lips… and all because it’s WARM again. People are out in their short sleeves, some in shorts. Everyone has been given a huge lift from this sudden warm up.
Except me. 🙂
I’m not saying I’m depressed or anything… but I almost have the opposite reaction! (It’s crazy, I know.) Like, I’m already missing winter. (And it might be coming back later this week!!) When I breathe the thicker, warmer air, a part of me is just slightly sad. When I see all of our great snow melting completely away… a part of me is sad.
I can’t help but smile and be happy when everyone around me is giddy about the weather… but my true, initial reaction and feeling is… just a touch of sadness!
I am truly the opposite of the world. 🙂
I need to move to Alaska, but Jen needs to not. So, we won’t. 🙂
The funny thing is… come fall, as soon as the temp drops down to the same place (in the fifties), then I am the one who is giddy and can hardly contain myself! The cold is coming! Snow is coming soon! So I do understand why everyone is giddy. Most folks enjoy the summer as much as I enjoy the fall and winter. And so, I will “rejoice with those who rejoice”.
(But secretly… I will be pining for October or November… when the weather gets back to “normal”.) 😉