Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Missing cooler weather

So it's crazy to me how much I've changed in the last seven and a half years. I got married, had three kids, graduated from college, on and on and on.Perhaps the most shocking change however has been my change in climate preference. Anyone who really knows me though that I would rather be hot and sweating then cold, but they also know that I am always cold. No matter what the temp is outside or inside I am always cold! It's a weird phenomenon that stumps everyone who knows me. I grew up in Texas where despite the warm climate I found a way to still always be cold. In the middle of the summer I would were a sweater always. When I moved to Utah after high school I had to buy an entire winter wardrobe because I only had warm weather clothes. Dont get me wrong it gets cold in Texas, but not super cold and not for very long. I remember my college roommate Kayla from Minnesota was astonished at the lack of socks I had because I could seriously wear flip flops almost year round. Anyways I suffered in Utah with the cold. It drove me nuts! The winters were hard on me, but slowly over the six years I was there winter clothes began taking the place of summer clothes and I became a little more okay with the cold weather and the idea of four seasons not just hot and slightly less hot. Though actually Utah only has three seasons because to truly be spring I'm pretty sure you need rain. Anyways, being in Texas this last year has really opened my eyes to how much I changed. We moved in November so it was already to that slightly less hot season and we had our winter gear out, when summer came around and the winter clothes got put away I realized how empty my closet was. I had to rebuild myself a warm clothes stock pile. I enjoyed the summer months that I had longed for in Utah until about September. That's when it really hit me. I began longing for cooler nights, and for the leaves to change and for fall. (My absolute favorite time of year!!!) It never happened, it remained in the 90's and 80s. October came and went flirting with the cold, but it never would stick for too long before it climbed back up into the 80s. Finally just this last week the leaves finally changed in NOvember)though it's still been in the 80s, we've had cooler nights and mornings, and more boughts of cooler weather...it gives me hope that soon it'll finally be winter, though a mild, Texas winter. I also realized that before I would always sleep with the air off at night and a big down comforter no matter how hot it was, I loved being toasty when I slept. Sure I'd wake up sweating, but I loved it. Since we moved here I noticed that I can't stand being hot when I'm sleeping. I crank up the air only at night I can pretty much get through all day with it off and I'm fine for some reason at night I'm like always super hot! It's wierd how much time changes us. I realized how much I miss Utah, and the winters, and the cool nights. Maybe someday we'll get to finally come home!

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