Thursday, May 26, 2011

And Now...A Letter

Dear Utahns,

I know you've been having a lot of rain and bad weather lately, and I'm sorry about that. Who am I kidding, I am not one bit sorry. I've noticed a little something about Utahns, and that is: you complain about the weather--A LOT. Every Spring there is the obligatory "What's with this SNOW Utah?! Don't you know its the end of March?!" Dude, the weather does this EVERY year, when are you going to get used to it? I remember one year it snowed in flippin' JUNE, and I remember saying those same things then too. But now that I'm not in the middle of the Utah world, I've noticed that Facebook status's from Utah constantly say the same thing (see above quote). Now for ME, I can complain about the weather all I want because I live in Washington, which really does have horrible weather. At least Utah actually gets a great summer, so boo. Just thought I'd let you know.

Someone who's a little bitter about the weather and maybe slightly hypocritical,
~Melinda

15 comments:

  1. Well, we can drown our sorrows in fry sauce.

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  2. ya know, I live (and have lived basically my whole life) in UT and I see those updates too. I just roll my eyes. Utah is known for it's bipolar spring season. Granted, this year has been a little more extreme than usual...but still. I'm with you. Buck up peeps.

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  3. As in - I'm laughing so hard like I always do when I read your posts! ha ha :)

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  4. I'm not from Utah...I'm from Ohio. But I complain about weather too. Especially this year. We have had a record breaking wet spring this year. And the best part is....IT'S STILL RAINING ALMOST EVERY DAY! I'm tellin' ya...it's gotta be the end of the world!

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  5. Ha!!! I KNOW! I just made myself take my boys for a walk because I saw the tiniest glimpse of blue sky here in Seattle. With having less than 30 days of DRY weather this year, I say we have every right to complain and others don't. ;)

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  6. As a Washontonian and not a Utard, I have been loving all this rain. I get more done in the house when it's raining than any time else. Can't wait to sink my roots back into that wet soil someday.

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  7. I have a five week old and a three year old and I live in Utah and I complain about the rain. I think maybe if you've got kids, it's ok to complain about the stupid rain that keeps you stuck inside with the crazies sneaking up on you. I'm pretty sure I complain every year. And every year I say I'm moving to CA. And every I stay. I'm pretty sure I would complain about the weather wherever I lived. It takes a very strong mom to live in Washington. Because I think the crazies would catch me there.

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  8. Slightly? Hehe. :) I love you Melzie. And your rants...you're fabulous.

    And also the weather today is pretty. Bi Polar? Yes. But the lake is gorgeous.

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  9. Yep. I am SO ready for it to be summer so I can start complaining about how hot it is.

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  10. haha! I think we should outlaw posting about weather on fb.

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  11. ha. good letter
    as a "former" utahn, I think I am entitled to complain about the weather this past week as I came to VISIT and EXPECTED better weather.
    what the crap

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  12. Yeah? Well... I think that WASHINGTONONIANS complain too much about... um... other stuff. So there.

    Okay. Yeah. No, we're whiners. It gets really old. The weather and the whining... equally.

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