Friday, February 27, 2009

Wobbly Weather

I've left the kitchen window open a bit throughout the winter. The radiator stays on in the kitchen and bathroom, and is controllable in the bedroom/living room only. I usually only open the radiator (to allow steam to pass through the pipes) in the bedroom for short intervals. Perhaps it's because I'm on the 4th floor that my apartment doesn't get very cold. Still, I've left the bedroom and bathroom windows closed all winter, until tonight. It's raining and I opened the window. I love the sound of the rain, and Billy loves to sit by the open window, even if there aren't birds on the fire escapes outside. A friend of mine told me today that the unofficial first day of spring is when you can go outside without a jacket. We went out to lunch today and I wore only a thin turtle neck and a fleece. Hey, don't laugh - that's a big improvement; today it was almost 60 degrees. Tomorrow is supposed to be in the low 40s and Sunday it's supposed to snow and be in the 30s. March is supposed to be really windy. At the beginning of winter (and before that), I was so enamored with the snow. I still am, but I see now that if it's cold but dry, I won't like it as much. Just like in San Diego, when it was cloudy for several days but it didn't rain, I would feel cheated. We haven't even had a really severe storm or a blizzard. Please, THINK SNOW.

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