I hadn't realized it until today, when even at 9:00 in the morning, you could tell it was going to be a truly warm day, even on the east side of the county. I hadn't realized how unhopeful I had become for true summer.
With one of the long-range outlooks stating that this might be the summer we never get, I was tensed for politely warm parts of the day with always a sweatshirt nearby should the wind shift. However, today held the life-affirming heat that makes me wonder what on earth God was thinking having me enter this world in February.
The debate will ever rage on, how it's easier to add another layer than it is to stay cool. My point is that you will have that opportunity at any given month of the year to exercise this ease of temperature and comfort control, just give me my 12 weeks (if we're lucky) of true sunshine that makes a 'set in the shade' a luxurious respite. Adding layers has its price of confinement and retreat, and it's healthy to want less of that, if only for a while.
If I choose to believe the weatherman that this is going to be our warmest week of the season so far, I'll take the hit for being gullible should it not work out that way. But I'm happy to say that at least I'm hopeful, which is as true a sign for me as the first day of summer.
