Winter Weather

Terrific Throwback Thursday Tidings!

Last week I was listening to the news and weather.  How the anchors were groaning and moaning over the very cold days we were having!  I'm pretty sure it is still WINTER.  What kind of short attention span do you have that a few weeks of actually frigid temperatures have got you down in the dumps?  Most of the winter, Oklahoma is sunny.  I can only remember a handful of overcast days even with the colder-than-usual spells.  Are we really suffering that much?  I wear thick socks, a warm coat, and something on my head and hands.  It takes me an extra minute or two in the mornings to dress in weather-appropriate garb.  And I don't go to the grocery store quite as often as usual.  That's it.  I haven't lost power, and my house is as warm as I want it to be.  I haven't shoveled any snow, and I've only driven on slick streets twice:  once on the way to school, and once on the way home.  The car I drive warms up after just a few  minutes.  My school district is very quick to call off school if there are dangerous conditions of any kind.  I'm pretty sure most Oklahomans have somewhere around the same living conditions, since my wages are slightly below the average for the state.  Our area of the country has enjoyed several very mild winters, with the accompanying furnace-blast summers.  I welcome this cold winter in the hope that the summer will be just summery, and not the weeks and weeks of over 100 degree temperatures that we have had in recent memory.  Is it a human tendency to struggle against the seasons that makes us yearn for the relief of sunny days and warmer temperatures after a week or two of cold?  Or is it the cultural norm of instant gratification:  I'm cold, I want to feel warm.  Now.  Without changing anything I do.  I'm hot.  I want to feel cool.  Now.  Without making any personal adjustments.  CALM DOWN, NEWS AND WEATHER REPORTERS.  Just because the thermometer swings back and forth between high and low temperatures does not make seasonal weather a news event.  Try embracing the change of seasons instead of so much complaining.  You will get more people to watch your show that way, I'll bet!