When I first rolled out of bed at 8:00 am this morning, snow was falling. Washington’s seasons seemed to have been mixed up. I wasn’t all that surprised. the past few days we’ve had everything from sun to sleet. Once I drank my morning mocha and ate my Nutella toast, I tried not to let the weather get the best of me. How could one possible be upset with such a well-balanced meal?!
Snow and all, the beginning of a bluebird day was on the horizon.
Right now my feelings regarding this type of weather is neutral Not one day of school was cancelled during the winter quarter. Now that I have a nice long spring break, it is 38 degrees outside with a chance of snow, rain and thunderstorms. Funny how that works
This picture was taken around 8:30 am or 9:00 am and now-pushing 3:00 in the afternoon- everything is exactly as it was yesterday. Wet and Cold. This combination seems to be the perfect excuse to not be productive. However if every seattleite chose that easy way out it would not be a pretty picture.
You Know You Are A Seattleite When:
- It’s February and fifty degrees outside and everyone orders their beverage of choice at the coffee shop iced.
- In March your Facebook news feed is filled with instagram pictures, phone pictures, tweets, and statuses complaining about classes not cancelled, pictures of snow either present in your yard or absent, and road-trippers on their way to Disneyland or some other warm sunny place.
- Residents wear flip-flops beginning in February at the first glance of sun.
- Within the same day of snowfall,the phrases “spray tan” and “yay it’s snowing are used interchangeably.
- You take Zertec and Vick’s because your allergies are awful and you think you might be coming down with a cold as well.
- Your vitamin D level is thirty, which would be normal if you lived anywhere BUT Seattle. The “new norm” is fifty. (Not even joking, my doctor put me on a daily supplement.)
- Breaking of the “normal” weather cycle is actually normal.
- On a near daily basis you comment to your friend,
- “Aw man, it’s raining outside.” They reply, “What’s new?”
- If you live in the suburbs, umbrellas are reserved for tourists and foreigners only, except on rare occasions.
- Groundhog’s Day means nothing to most people. It merely remains a great excuse to watch the movie.
- Being snowed in on spring break is very easily a potential problem.
Coffee Shop Talk 
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