Why I Think The World Will End Soon...

When moving to the other side of the country, I acknowledged the fact that the severe weather change would be difficult for my sensitive native Californian self, but I did not think that Mother Nature would put me through the ringer as she has been doing the last 8 months. My closet has turned from year round clothes to seasonal wardrobe which isn't terrible because shopping is fun for me. I thought Winter would be the toughest for me with rain and snow and 20 degree weather, but it turns out that I was so so wrong. We are technically still in Spring seeing as the Summer is 12 days away and the sun is fierce! I was definitely not prepared for the 95 degrees; 100 with humidity; thunder; lightning; with storms so hard that it that when getting caught in it last week, I was so soaking wet that not only did my cell get water-damage, but my sneakers took two whole days and a round in the dryer to be wearable again.

Just last weekend, me and roommates and friends had a BBQ at home which looked like it would be a great day. About 10 minutes after putting the meat on the grill, the sky started to roar and lightning shot through the clouds as the rain began to pour. And poor Mikey ran back and forth from our back door to the grill to check on the food. His clothes and shoes drenched even the next day from a storm that lasted about an hour. With every lightning both we both ducked as if they were aimed directly at us. And with every duck of the head, we laughed. It was nice that there was another native Californian to share in this experience. After the storm passed, the rest of the day was perfect. It was as if there had been no storm at all. This weather, I tell ya!

This weekend was much of the same. Lightning and thunder and rain for 20 minutes, which made me cancel and remake plans for the night. I went back and forth about whether I should be out or not. I opted for out after the rain seemed like it wasn't returning and thankfully, it didn't. The night was beautiful until the next day when I woke up in a pool of my own sweat realizing that it was about 80 degrees at 8am. It didn't stop there though, as the day progressed so did the heat and humidity. The higher the temperature, the humity added another 5 degrees. As I sat in my living room still as can be and trying to stay cool, the thought crossed my mind that this is just not normal. I mean how can it be this hot with no sign of of it letting up? In that moment I was convinced that Mother Nature is telling us that we are done! WOW! What an epiphany!