Gray skies

Today the sky is overcast, the air smells of rain, and there is a slight chill in the air. Secretly I love it. I'm in the mood for gray skies and the excuse to snuggle up on my couch while I watch the drizzle falling outside my window. We've had a drought the past two winters and I miss having a little 'exciting' weather. Even though I'm generally acknowledged to be cold all the time (except when I'm overly hot - I have a comfort zone of about 2 degrees), I love having seasons. Where I grew up, the winters are cold and snowy and May is still spring. Here the winters are moderately chilly with rain in a normal year, but the temperature never goes below freezing (and if it does, watch out because Californians *cannot* drive in rain, let alone ice!). April is usually the beginning of what I call 'pre-summer', whereas October is the beginning of 'post-summer'. I really shouldn't complain because a lot of people (my mom included) would love to have more sunny days, but I do find it a little bit creepy to have no seasons. Granted, I don't have to deal with scraping ice off my windshield, or waiting for the car to warm up and the window to defrost, and for that I am thankful. I just miss having a little more variety. Today I will enjoy my gray day, because summer appears to be arriving this weekend.