Winter Weather

Having planned to write a short diatribe about the weather here - basically being very British and moaning how bloody cold its gotten (in relative terms - probably not anywhere near as cold as the Mother country), i was kind of screwed when i woke up this morning to find glorious sunshine and temperate weather outside. So, one quick rethink later and i can now talk about how weather is messing with my head a bit in terms of perception. Okay, so its December - winter is upon us, pretty much, and Christmas will soon (thank God) be over. Yet for me over here, something doesn't quite click. It doesn't feel like this time of year - it actually feels like later Summer or early Autumn to me still right now and its precisely because of the weather.

Y'see, its been pretty variable the last couple of weeks - somedays its sun and clear skies (like today), others it's that wonderfully depressing rain - the kind where you can barely see it but it gets you absolutely soaking wet. Then there's the odd tropical downpour (no flooding lately though) and then there's the nice cold days which, on the whole I like - provided i'm wrapped up. My feelings for why i can feel this cold a lot here is because the summers are so ridiculously hot that the relative drop in temperature is larger than that in the UK, even though we don't make it down that low (I thnk about 4C is the lowest its got here overnight). Anyway, all this chopping and changing of weather certainly makes me feel right at home - but with rather more temperate days of late, my whole internal calendar is completely messed up (so what's new?). So much for the promise of "four similar but distinct seasons" that was trumpeted about it the MUSC information i got. I haven't quite seen any yet!