While our northern counterparts are spending their Spring vacuum-packing their parka's and hosing vacation 2007 off of their flip-flops, we spend our 'springs' counting down the days to insufferable heat.
But isn't that what people up north look forward to the most?
They want to feel the heat, the burn, the sticky overwhelming wave of fire that descends over the throng of Florida beach goers. They enjoy it, it is such a contrast to their pea-coat existence that they stand atop seaside dunes with outstretched arms bathing in the ultra-violet rays.
It's that crazy logic that cocks my head to the side when I am strolling the beaches mid-January in my lightweight jacket and jeans and trip over a sunbather from norther Massachusetts. It can be 62 degrees outside and there she is in her bikined glory, remarking on our beautiful weather while sizing up the earmuffs on my head.
I do think we have beautiful weather. However, we are not always thrilled with our balmy atmosphere and dare I say, most of us even dread the summer months and their mid-afternoons.
Which is the reason we are at such a disadvantage. What to look forward to if not a reprieve from tedious Winter chill?!
Perhaps there is something to look forward to after all.
Sometimes I forget how much fun summer can be.
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