The weather

I'm at work right now, but I am waiting for epoxy to harden (50 minutes at 100 C), so I have a little bit of time and I thought I would use it productively ... to complain about the weather.

What is up with the weather here? I woke up this morning, and it was snowing. It is March frigging 24th, and it is snowing. Not a ton of snow; in fact, since it was so windy, it was as if there was a constant amount of snow that just kept moving up, down and sideways -- like living in a snowglobe. Here at work, which is about 400ft lower in altitude and 4 miles away, the sky is blue and the weather is nice. Just bizarre.

Another point: I don't know when it happened, but all of a sudden "50 degrees" has become the dividing line between good and sucky weather for me. Why? I guess because in Celsius that's the difference between one digit and two digits, but still, when did my expectations drop so low? If it was 50 degrees in Palo Alto, I would drive the two blocks to Safeway instead of walk. Here, I'm thinking, "Wow! 50 degrees! I should go for a walk outside and enjoy the nice weather!" I feel like I've been brainwashed.

This afternoon, I was planning on going for a run (I'm prepping for a race), but who knows? If I'm lucky, it'll be a sunny, 40 degrees. If I'm unlucky, it'll be a snowy or rainy 40 degrees. Either way, I wish I were in San Diego.