Getting tired of warm weather

[liquidfeet]

At first I was overdosed on winter, so I was tolerant of spring arriving. Budding trees and daffodils were all right, if not exciting. But then summer fully appeared and offered flowers in the garden, warm days on the road and the trail, meals on the deck, beach moments, lawn mowing, hosta planting, visitors and vacations, and a generally slower pace day in and day out. But, really, this is getting old.

Now I'm ready for short days, harsh winter temperatures, white snow, and mountains with friends. Anyone else tired of long days and warm weather?

 

[cyn]

I'm with you! I long for those crisp winter nights, cuddling into bed without getting too hot, NOT running the A/C, and putting on sweaters.

I'm also psyched to walk my dog and see her all peppy, not panting and overheated.
Summer is OK, but.....

 

[liquidfeet]

Yes, yes, winter is best. Why????
Because....
I'm off in the summers, and it gets old. I'd rather be productive.
Skiing and working means being overworked, but being overworked and stressed clears my mind.
Being cold builds character.
Shovelling my way to the car, skiing way too much, and being overstressed by work/play makes prioritizing things easier.
I love the clarity of dark days punctuated by white snow.
That's true beauty.
It doesn't ever get any better.
Heaven is a blizzard in the dark.

 

[abc]

NO!

I'm enjoying the summer, especially the long days. I can go riding my bike AFTER WORK! Can't do that in the winter's short days.

More over, where I am, the temperature is so mild I'm just soooo comfortable. So only 2 days when the AC is on. Can't complain, don't want to complain, don't want to jinx it either.

Those of you who want winter, you may get 100 degrees days for the whole next month! ;)

 

[IdahoSkiGirl]

I am really sick of the HOT weather...we are in the third week of 100+ temperatures! Plus, there are multiple forest fires making the air quality horrible. When the air quality is this bad they warn people not to exercise outside...there goes hiking and biking. I just looked at my skis in the garage today and thought about how nice winter sounds right now.

I want winter :(

 

[liquidfeet]

Today I took a nice long bike ride ... 1 hour on the trails in the woods, two dabs of the foot, no crashes, that's fine. Nothing spectacular. Stalled on the hill that I never am able to get up, but at least I tried yet one more time to hold traction on that sucker.
Then took to the road and visited my LBS -- closed, rats. Thence off to the cove, the Atlantic splashing mildly whilst the publica attended the requisite carnivalle, babies in strollers, ice cream cones hovering in front of faces, cotton candy, etc etc etc. The wind she did blow, the sun she did shine.
Afterwards I took off to the beach, the real beach with white sand and people on towels, and waves with white foam (remember, the wind she did blow....) and New England rocky islands out there to be looked at and landed upon by the sea gulls....and sun peeking out between fast paced clouds.
Then home again, tired and winded, as the thunderstorms blew in.

All this to say that despite being TIRED OF SUMMER, it's wonderful while I wait for something more .. shall we say, challenging?

 

[Native Vail Gal]

It's too hot!

I miss the snow!

 

[Pequenita]

It's too hot!

I miss the snow!

Me, too. Although I didn't start feeling this way until yesterday. Then I went home and put on my ski boots. I know, Imadork.

 

[Native Vail Gal]

Then I went home and put on my ski boots. I know, Imadork.

OMG!!! I thought I was the only one who did that! :D

 

[Jilly]

No, I think its a medical condition - winter withdrawal. I know that by August the sand dunes are really starting to look skiable. Around here its been really nice. Hot during the day, 75 and cool at night about 55. I can sleep!!

 

[Native Vail Gal]

Hey! We have Sand Dunes here! Maybe I could go ski those! I don't know if I can wait until August! :D

 

[ski now work later]

I went through awful skiing-withdrawal in April and May, especially in April when folks were still getting some great runs in skiing here in New England (my last day of the season was March 30). Now that it's full on summer and I've got 4 kids in the house (and central air for super hot days), I'm not thinking about skiing as much (which means it only occupies part of my day instead of most of my day LOL). I've also been enjoying deciding what skis I will order for the next season and that's keeping me happy: Solomon'08 Mynx skis for me and K-2 '08 Missy's for my almost 11 year old daughter. Here are some pics:

https://global.skipass.com/gearguide/ski/2008/salomon/Mynx-1.html and
https://global.skipass.com/gearguide/ski/2008/k2/Missy-1.html

I think I'll be ordering them this week, and will enjoy seeing them hung up in our family's ever-growing wall collection of skis and snowboards! I'll be up at Smuggler's Notch in 2 weeks with my family and am also trying to hook up with a bootfitter in Stowe and we plan to visit the Burton store in Burlington, so really, skiing is never far from my mind, even in July!:D

 

[Gina23]

I'm sick of this crap. Above 82 = me having a meltdown