Summer Time
There are several problems with living in a four season area of the world. One is that you have way more clothes than you have storage space. When I lived in Haiti I had one pair of pants and one long sleeved shirt which I wore on cold December nights when the temperature dropped to 60 or so. Everything else was always wearable. How simple. Secondly you have the problem of adjustment to the new temperatures. It never seems to happen gradually enough. One day it is hot and you wonder where you packed the shorts, do they need to be washed and will they still fit? In my case, though I found the shorts and they did not need to be washed, they do not fit and therefore I will have to go shopping. Beyond that of course there is the problem of your big hairy white legs sticking out beneath those shorts. Mine have a newly acquired spider vein courtesy of Josiah Daby in-utero. And why is it that toe nail polish chips after it's been on for about 30 minutes? Then there is the dilemma of bare feet versus sandals. In other words do I work at peticures to have nice sandal feet, or give it up and allow myself the indulgence of a bare foot summer?On the other hand we are getting out the baby pool today for the kids and I look forward to their delighted squeals. Josh is going to grill our dinner, and we are putting in the garden this week. Besides living in a one season climate has it's draw backs too, like Christmas without snow. I don't understand that myself. Or how about enjoying a thanksgiving dinner without that certain snap in the air and a walk afterwards with hats and coats. It just wouldn't be the same.
posted by Liz @ 5:43 AM
5 Comments:
This is a very "lizzie" kind of post. You make me smile. :)
Yup. Four seasons is a pain.
And I wouldn't give them up for the world! (Unless God told me to go somewhere else, of course...)
I own one pair of shorts that aren't maternity, and I bought them when I was 15 years old. They fit, but they're not exactly "hip"--and they're rather worn. So I'm with you on the "have to go shopping" thing. Unfortunately, we have no stores here. Could be a hot summer. :)
Brietta, you might skip the shopping--a good many of the "new" shorts look like they're 10 years old--and have been worn every day for the last 10 years. Yup. Don't bother. You'll be just fine in the old ones--nobody will even know the difference!
Liz, I actually wore shorts out in public today--that's how hot it was. I haven't done that since...um, I don't remember! Capris or maybe a long-ish skort is the shortest I usually wear outside my own property. As for the white legs, I cheat.
Ditto on the shorts fitting issue - most of the ones that fit me now are the elastic waist, sitting around the house kind...not the I'm going to see other people kind....as for the "hairy" legs....I remember a time when a certain someone I know gave up shaving for a while....LOL :) As for the white...I always tell myself that tanning causes skin cancer and wrinkles, so I'll stick to the white...LOL
we are back! oh man now i see why you love haiti. I've been crying all day thinking about it. couldn't even explain to my mom what it was like because I would start wailing everytime I tried to talk about it.
hey write again sometime...I enjoyed your email!
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