Dear Mother Nature: You better not be a teasing bitch.
Dear Mother Nature,
So nice of you to show your warm side! It was quite a pleasant change from the 100 degrees below zero we had all winter here in Chicago. Almost all the snow is melted and I think I even heard birds yesterday. And no, not the pigeons who dive bomb people at the El stations. Actually friggin birds! I was able to venture out in just a light trench coat today instead of my wool coat and fake Ugg boots. It was nice to get off work at 5, take the train and walk home through my neighborhood around 6 while the sun was just setting in the west. Ah! These are the days Chicagoans live for!
Now here’s the deal: don’t be a teasing bitch. No one likes a tease. Now I understand we can’t jump to 85 and sunny right away. The forecast calls for rain starting tomorrow through the weekend and that’s okay. Spring is supposed to be rainy so we can have grass, leaves, crops, etc. But I sincerely hope high temperatures don’t drop back into the 30s again. That would just be mean. Let’s just keep things with highs in the 50s, maybe upper 40s on our cold days. That would be perfect. And please have a hot summer. None of this 95 for a week. I’m talking all of July and August with lows of 80. I’m a summer baby so I like it hot! Chicago is the best in the summer and after last year’s cooler summer, we deserve a little more fun and sun. Keep up the good work. Global warming sucks!
Sincerely,
Blogger Dearest
I have this SAME EXACT thought EVERY spring in Chicago! That whole “in like a lion out like a lamb” thing doesn’t apply in the CHI.
Instead, we get in like a lion…a few weeks of lamby-kins-soft-fuzzy cuteness (as it applies to weather anyway) and then Mother Nature whips out a curveball and suddenly its 20 degrees below zero, snowing, and my car is skating across the road on a sheet of ice. And its like March 29.
Seriously. And like you I also crave the sun… I am happier, more energetic and generally more pleasant to be around when the sun is shining.