It's all relative

The weather sucks right now in SacTown. It's probably going to be in the 40's today, gray skies, and raining on and off. As I look at Yahoo weather it shows a high of 44 and a low of 42. To me, that just SUCKS all the way around; just too cold. In fact, I hate the weather in SacTown from about December 1 until March 1 almost every day. Sure there is a rare day that gets to the low 60's but that's rare. I need warm sun! Rarely is it as nice as I think it should be during those bad months. Rest of the year I have no problems but I just hate these days right now. Of course, it's all relative....

I spent this past weekend in Utah. Sure they have nice snow; "greatest snow on earth" they say. However, to have such great snow it is cold as heck all the time. Sure the sun shines sometimes but big deal... it's FREEZING COLD! I think the high temp over the weekend was about 35 degrees and the temp was down in the teens a lot. I was reminded this weekend that I could never live in such a cold place. You have to bundle up with multiple layers of clothes and do not forget the gloves! It's really too cold for humans in my opinion but it's all relative....

On the way home from work yesterday I called GG down in LA. For those that don't know GG is my g'ma. She is about to turn 92, lives on her own, drives the streets of LA every day, plays bridge, goes out to dinner and movies, and sees her 93 year old boyfriend just about every day. This past October they went to Mexico on a week long cruise. They had separate cabins but GG was quick to point out... "but connected" cabins. That's really just not good information to know about your g'ma. Anyway, GG was complaining about the weather, 50's and raining. I said, "hey, it's 40's and raining here so it's all relative...."

I hung up with GG to talk to my boy Footloose out in Iowa. What the hell do I know about cold? Footloose was almost crying on the phone it was so cold as he filled his car with gas. He had to hang up to finish the gas and then he called me back. I was laughing hearing him complaining about the cold. I asked him how cold it was; what, in the 20's? He said, "20's?... the high today was about 15!" Funny, as I type this I just checked Yahoo weather. It shows that Footloose will be experiencing a "high" of 8 degrees today with a low of minus one. Additionally, the current temperature, with wind chill factored in, "feels like -22." As Footloose and I talked we agreed it's all relative....

We talked a few more minutes as he tried to get his Beamer up the driveway. Describing as he drove... "I have to get good momentum to make it up the icy driveway... oh damn... didn't make it... got to go try again...." He then had to back up down the street, said something about going through a stop sign when no cars were coming, so that he could get enough momentum to get all the way up the driveway. As he told me that story the rain was really coming down as I rolled down I-80, carefully watching the road, and looking forward to putting the G-ride away in the garage. It is sure all relative... because Footloose could move to Manitoba one day and then would long for the "balmy" winter days down in Iowa!

Having said all that, relative or not, I am ready for my trip to Maui!

Peace out.