Oh the weather outside is...

Well, that depends on who you ask.

Up until last week, most of the people in the area were complaining about how cold and rainy it is. How much they want summer to start. How miserable they are because there hasn't been any sun. In watching this several week long interchange with fellow residents of Maryland, I discover how spoiled we really are.

The weather had been above fifty and usually sixty degrees. It would rain once or twice a week and there would nearly always be sunshine sometime during the day. Last year in northern New York, we had still been struggling with snow and I once counted 123 days without a bit of sunshine.

I still remember fighting with the animals for the little patches of sunlight. Of shivering and refusing to turn on the heat because, "It's June!" I remember the times I stayed in bed with sinus infections and headaches because yet another storm was coming in and think, "How can anyone complain about this weather? It's beautiful!" Of course, I do not say this to their shivering, dampened faces, but I do think it

It turned warm this week. Very warm. While not quite hot yet, Zach and I are still used to Northern New York summers, where there is only one week where you want to melt, and are now fighting with ourselves whether or not to turn on the AC or stick it out for a while because, "It's not even June!" and I noticed a few people talking about how hot it is and how they want fall to hurry up and get here.

Oh how quickly perspectives change....

And how often in life must I remember that. Especially when the topic of conversation is something less trivial than the weather.

God bless and see you soon,

Joelle