Ah well, with the exception of one or two days, until today, it wasn't *that* bad, was it? :)
I was doing my share of complaining on another friend's journal, in response to her post.
Our professor started our lecture today pointing out that it was 50 in Baghdad and 45 in Las Vegas. The difference is, people in Baghdad or Las Vegas know that's par for the course by now. I agree, we *are* blessed in our happy little moderate climate. When we get heatwaves, it knocks our socks off. And coats.. pants.. and anything else to help cool down!!
It's similar to when I used to live up north. We'd have -45C weather with the windchill. And then we moved down to Victoria, and people would complain that it was cold if it got down under 5C. We'd laugh. It was cute. They thought it was cold. But now, we've acclimatized and it's cold to us too. Okay, not freezing, but still colder than we're used to.
When you're used to a particular climate, any big change is worth a little sympathy! Or so I think. :) Now to crawl under a rock and hibernate til the Fall...
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I was doing my share of complaining on another friend's journal, in response to her post.
Our professor started our lecture today pointing out that it was 50 in Baghdad and 45 in Las Vegas. The difference is, people in Baghdad or Las Vegas know that's par for the course by now. I agree, we *are* blessed in our happy little moderate climate. When we get heatwaves, it knocks our socks off. And coats.. pants.. and anything else to help cool down!!
It's similar to when I used to live up north. We'd have -45C weather with the windchill. And then we moved down to Victoria, and people would complain that it was cold if it got down under 5C. We'd laugh. It was cute. They thought it was cold. But now, we've acclimatized and it's cold to us too. Okay, not freezing, but still colder than we're used to.
When you're used to a particular climate, any big change is worth a little sympathy! Or so I think. :) Now to crawl under a rock and hibernate til the Fall...