Friday, November 10, 2006

An Apology to that Elusive Temptress, Madam Weather:

Dear Weather,

I've never really been interested in you. In fact, for most of my life I have felt that the discussion of you was rather (I hate to admit it) dull, that when people turned to a discussion of the weather, it meant that the conversation was sliding and in serious need of some sort of lively, baudy anecdote. For this, I am truly sorry. I know I drove you away by thinking you were boring and tedious. But now I NEED YOU BACK.

All this sunshine, in the words of Oscar the Grouch, "is spoiling my rain!" I need a cloud! I need a drizzle! I need it to stop being 80 degrees outside! I know better than to ask for snow, but I would like to be able to wear a long sleeved shirt. Where are you? Poor Hazel was a sweaty mess in her Halloween costume:

Would you deny this poor child the chance to bundle up comfortably?

Most people here in Tucson are calling the days without a trace of you, dear weather, "beautiful," "perfect," "the reason why we love Arizona," etc. But not me. I have sunk low into a pit of despair because you have abandoned me. I lurk inside my house all day, shunning that perfect blue sky and the warmth of the sun on my back, both of which I have come to detest because of their continual, monotonous presence. How I long for a blustery day! Come back to me, in whatever form you choose: a wind storm, thunder, rain, CLOUDS! Force me to wear a jacket outside, I don't mind. As long as I can have some of you in my life again, I will be happy to suffer a little inconvenience. Let it be unseasonably cold!

Please come back to me.

With deepest regrets and apologies,
Carly

P.S.
If I hear one more person talk about how beautiful it is right now, I will do something drastic!

7 comments:

  1. If I might paraphrase my good friend Lehi, if they ain't no bad weather, they cain't be no good weather neither. So, you's livin' in a place where the whether is a thing of naught.

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  2. Awww man. the weather is a thing of not, not the whether.

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  3. Awww man. the weather is a thing of naught, not a thing of not. Dang. All my comedic genius is ruined now. Ruined!

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  4. I feel your pain. I am hoping it will be chilly in TN when we go for Thankgiving. Although if I were where you are, I would be working on my tan right now.

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  5. You are so right, and I sympathize. We have had about a week of rain, and when the sun peaked out today it was glorious! Had forgotten how nice it could be in only a week. And, the converse is true also. During August, I longed for a cloud. I love them. I'll have to loan you my cloud book sometime.

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  6. It's like Cinderella said, you don't know what you got til it's gone. They say it better than any words I might use to say it.

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  7. I'm sorry for your total lack of seasons. GA has no snow, but it does have a definite fall/winter season, as well as a summer that is the closest thing to hell I hope to ever experience. We'll see.

    I hope you get some inclement weather soon!

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