Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Whether or not you enjoy knowing ahead of time how the weather will be is one's personal choice...

And not to most that earth shattering, right?
Well, to be honest weather has always played a big part in our lives.
I can remember being a small child and having to walk to school, since where we lived you had to live more than two miles away to have another way to get there like I guess a bus.
But I was never a bus person and always had to walk to my schools kindergarten to my senior year of high school.
Yes, in my senior year I did get my driver’s license since in good old NJ you had to be seventeen to get it, but it was March before I saved enough to buy my first car.
No hand-me-downs from an older sibling although Mom and Dad did match my earnings from my after school job in order for me to make that first purchase of my two year old 1966 Turquoise Chevelle Malibu! Its total cost was $1500 dollars, big bucks in those days!

Ah... memories. We all have them.
But the weather thing did keep popping up all through my life since I was a swimmer in the summer and an ice skater in the winter. And we all know how the weather affects those two sporty interests when done outside in nature!
Indoor sports are always unaffected, and don’t count.
And I think most basketball players don’t care if it rains shines or freezes, but I could be wrong. And even though football is always played outside, unless at either end of the heat or chill factor I truly don’t think they care either, but for them I could be wrong too.
You would think I would remember since I did do a short stint as a cheer leader, but I don’t.
Being a camper and boater and enjoying all hiking and you name it anything outside to do with nature weather came into play daily as a young mom raising two healthy active boys!
I suppose old habits never die and so I have FB friended the young weather woman on our local NBC news station and she has been very helpful in keeping all of us on the FB well informed every morning and is quick enough to answer our questions daily between her camera appearances live, actually she is quite amazing.
I imagine her as a juggler would be…and how I used to be myself when I too was a multi-tasker when a healthy younger woman.
Some of my employees called me a, ‘Dynamo!’.
And now I am just a slow-mo! LOL
Ah… as I said before memories.

I only mentioned this young woman due to her diligence.
You see, I asked a question early this morning about the wave that was in our hemisphere and from what I had been told till then is that it had only a 30% chance of developing into something more major, and she agreed this morning.
And although she works that early morning shift from air-time of five-seven on air, to ten between shows etc. this afternoon she felt the need or the desire to change the first forecast to an updated one of a 60% chance now that the wave could develop and will be possibly heading our way! But still quite faraway now. To be accurate here is her exact quote, “Chance for development now up to about 60% in the next 48 hours. This system is starting to look a bit more organized. Regardless or exact path or strength, it will be a rain maker this weekend.” How so nice of this very excellent reporter to take that extra effort I say on my fb wall!

And yes the weather to me has become extremely important these days with my MS, too hot is very uncomfortable for me to be outside for very long and too cold is too! They can create spasms uncontrollably.
Rain has a special meaning to me since I do not own an indoor swimming pool and it is my only form of exercise.
And so if rain is coming especially with lightening then I am sure you know that means not a good time for anyone to be in the pool!

Now for a bit of earth shattering news!
A young fellow, who’s pic I must add is his incredible six pack abs, out in CA had been spending this afternoon poking me, of all people!
And sadly up until a few moments before I had been poking him back… without knowing what it meant and so I asked him and he was kind enough to tell me that all it means is that he was saying ‘Hi’, to me how sweet!
But you all know me by now; I had to ask… “Why he didn’t hear my first three pokes back to him!”
Oddly enough his pokes stopped. LOL, I wonder why? Oh darn…I was having fun! Sort of.

On that silly note of my stupidity I will wish you all a very good night and to all count those blessings and we will too!

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