In the Rain and on the B--A Memorable OC Weekend

[dawn_felagund]

Bobby and I went to Ocean City for a long weekend, having taken off work on Friday. (So tomorrow I get to see what the person who covered for me actually did with the work I left for my students, since Ms. Karen was also off yesterday.) The reason for going was multi-faceted. It was the Maryland International Kite Expo, which we were interested in

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[heartofoshun]

Reminds me of the daily rains in Mexico City in starting in early summer and continuing for a few months. I could write a book that sounds like this entry! We loved them because, yay! Cleaner air.

[dawn_felagund]

I would have appreciated Mexico-in-summer temperatures for sure! It was in the 40s that night. And viciously windy. Ack.

Bobby and I seem to end up spending a lot of time walking in the rain too. Our first time in England, we went out walking in the pouring rain because, yay, we were in England!!1! :D Since we go on foot a lot, we end up caught in rainstorms like this weekend.

[heartofoshun]

I have learned this year that "in the 40s . . . viciously windy" is damned cold! Forties with sunshine and not much wind can feel very warm after a cold winter. But not this spring!

We used to have rain occasionally in Oakland when the rain was warmer than the ambient temperature. I enjoyed walking in the rain then. I was freezing reading your post. Actually, it is quite chilly in my house now--I'm chilled with a wool turtleneck sweater on--the heat is not kicking on and it is just about 60 outside and not a degree warmer in the house.

It sounds like despite the rain and getting caught in it that you did have a good weekend and it is always nice to get away. Something I really miss here. Everywhere else I have ever lived, I took a lot of weekends out-of-town.

[dawn_felagund]

I'm so sick of this cold. It's 53F outside right now, and the rain just started that is predicted to dump 3-5 inches on us over the next two days. We've barely broken 70F this spring (especially here in Manchester). I know I'm preaching to the choir on this one!

One of the perks of both of us working full-time jobs that pay a living wage and other nice things like that is that we've been able to do these little weekend trips a lot more. This winter, we've been heading to OC a lot because the weather has been just enough warmer there to make it very nice to get out of North Carroll for a while.

Perhaps a plus, my dance teacher was telling me that she'd heard we are in for a mild summer too. That would be nice, maybe even worth the present misery.

[heartofoshun]

If we had a mild summer, I would be in heaven! But I had seen reports of the exact opposite for NYC. I hope they are wrong.

[dawn_felagund]

Bobby the Weather Geek seems to think that with the below-average water temperatures in the Great Lakes and the jet stream, that a milder winter is more likely. I hope he's right, for your sake if nothing else!