Apparently we’re due for about seven days straight of this October mess. I’ve got a hot date tonight with a beautiful lady (if you haven’t seen her lately, by the way, she’s growing her hair out and it looks terrific!), so I’d rather not start the day with vaqueros empapados. I think I’ll bike walk drive to work today.
(Also, two days of this with no water yet in the basement is a very good sign.)
Anyway, in small talk the last few days, I’ve noticed that one topic comes up a lot is how much we do or do not check the weather. I am, by default, not a weather-checker. I like to think that I’m cultivating contentment with whatever comes my way, preventing worry, and remembering that the rain falls on the righteous and the unrighteous; but if I’m honest with myself, it’s also a luxury (symptom?) of being a city mouse.
What about you? Is a weather forecast part of your regular daily/weekly habit? When you check the weather, are you thinking about how (in)dependent we are vis-á-vis Mother Nature…not to mention the technology we have to protect us from her?
Take a moment to imagine how much everything would be different (and was) without ways to see what’s “written on the wind”–and even read ahead.
Hi!
I check it a lot (at least once a day) to know things like: Is it time to put the studs on the car? Can we pour concrete today or will it be too cold? Is it time to empty the water buckets under the eaves so they don’t freeze solid (bummer, that means more water to haul…)? Should we tarp the wood pile, so that the drying out firewood doesn’t get buried by new snow? And so on… Not to mention, when will the skiing get really good?
I check the weather a lot more than I check your blog, but now that you’re posting again, maybe I’ll put it back on my favorites!
Just a little update from outside the city!
xo
CB
I, too, check the weather frequently and personally. This usually happens at the time I get out of the car, and wonder why I didn’t know I should have had a jacket or umbrella with me.