Weather!!!!!

October 13, 2009 - 4:27 PM

Ok, so the weather is finally starting to look like the typical weather for winter in Oregon. The clouds rolled in yesterday and it was pretty chilly and today the rain finally broke through. I expect it to be like this pretty much until spring (although it will still be kind of chilly then too). The good thing about this lovely weather is that it means you can't really do much outside. I know all you are thinking "how is that great?" I'll tell ya. It keeps you indoors and studying. I never did well at studying in the sun because there were too many distractions. This way I'm inside staying somewhat focused on school work.

It's funny when weather like this hits too! You can always tell who is from warm states like California or Florida, because they are all bundled up. It is fifty five degrees or sixty degrees outside and they are wearing a long sleeve shirt, a sweater, a jacket, a scarf, and boots. I know this truly because three of the girls from my hall last year were from California and they started talking about how crazy cold it was about the beginning of October. These kids are also often seen with umbrellas when it is sprinkling a tiny bit outside.

Then you have the kids from Alaska who wear a T-shirt and shorts and sandals all year round. I am not sure I have ever caught one in an actual jacket, unless it was to keep the rain off. They are "hard core," but really I'm guessing our winter is like their spring or summer. Well temperature wise at least.

Then there are those kids who are from around here. You know them because we wear flip flops or tennis shoes, jeans, a short sleeve shirt, a light weight jacket or sweater, perhaps a rain jacket, and we are off and away. When you live in this your whole life it is normal. We don't even have umbrellas a lot of the time.

I'm not knocking any way of going about the cold. I just think it is interesting how you can see the different groups emerge when the cold and rain hits.

Well a lovely 5-7 page paper is calling my name so I should start on it. So until next time...