Ahhhhhhhh. Gorgeous Weather.
13 October 2003, 6:25 PM

*moan* *grumble* *complain*

It really sucks to have to work during the nicest part of the year.

*sigh*

It's "fall" down here in Texas, which means that the temperatures drop to what most of the rest of the nation knows as "summer" (and in some places our winter is their "spring", the days go from rainy to beautiful blue skies and sunshine and everything starts growing and blooming again.

Those of us who work for the education system are all stuck inside, working, which doesn't make any sense to me. Summertime in Texas is when you want to be inside, away from the blistery heat. I don't mind working then, since I'd get nothing else done. It's too hot to garden (everything would die anyway), too hot to even go out to the garage and unpack moving boxes (it's like stepping into a pre-heated oven) and getting errands done is an energy-sapping herculean effort. I don't want to go on vacation then, because I don't really like going anywhere during the summer, unless its *out* of the state, preferably a few thousand miles away in cooler climates. But that gets expensive.

*sigh2* It's summertime when we're expected to be off from school, vacationing and and having fun. And I don't wanna.

Then fall comes and everything looks so lovely. We can open the windows and enjoy breezes, and run around in the cool air and get a million things done without being drenched in sweat. Beautiful days make you want to just sit out on the porch, go kayaking or hiking and lovely storms beckon to curling up with a good book. I want to go shopping and touring little towns and gift shops. I want to go walking by the river and eat out at a cafe. I want to go hiking and camping and fishing or just doze on the back porch. But it's this time of year that school begins, campaigns get underway, businesses start new projects. Aigh. I want to go outside and play!

Then it gets cold again and we have vacation time. Whoopee. The plants are all dead again, it's too cold to go from building to building without warm stuff and as soon as you're inside it's too warm. By the time it's lovely gardening and outdoorsy weather again in March we're all back in side at work again. Dangit! It's not fair.