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Been Around the Block
It mentions Wisconsin, but I think it holds true for the entire Midwest
It goes something like this...Spring. Awesome. You finally get to go outside and forget all of your winter time blues. Though its windy, wet, and cold off and on, you can finally be outside without a full winter jumpsuit of clothes. You can even ride your bike outside! And just when the new semi-warm weather loses its appeal, the summer blossoms.
Beautiful and green, pleasant and warm. The long summer in Wisconsin seems eternal and its never better. Hot days, cool nights, complimented with the occasional thunder and lightening! And though it does inevitably end, it is followed by an equal sweet season: Fall.
In contrast to our spring, fall has to compare to summer, not just beat winter. And it usually does. If the heat starts to drain you, the cool fall afternoons make for perfect anything weather. A hoodie and some pants will clothe you perfectly for a day in the turning leaves and light breezes. The only bad part of fall is that it is one step closer to hell: Winter.
Regardless of what you have heard, winter is long, harsh, and soul crushing. Between the bitter cold, clogged roads, heavy shoveling, and boring days, you get a moment or two of beauty as snow falls silently in evenings. The minute the snow stops, reality strikes. The roar of snow blowers and the scraping of shovels reminds you that you are a prison in your house and your car is an ill-prepared sled hurrying you towards a crash. By mid winter, when the months drag along, you finally contemplate leaving. You think: "forget it, this is not worth it, winter gets worse every year!" You seem to forget the beauty of all the other seasons. You go for it. You make plans to leave. You make arrangements to change your life, to leave this horrible place.
It's at this point that Wisconsin deals its harshest and trickiest blow. Spring starts. The snow begins to melt. The grass begins to show through. The streets begin to clear. And the long process of starting a life somewhere else gets put on hold. You think: "Hey, this isn't so bad." You stick around thinking why miss the perfect summer that's about to start. And like that, Wisconsin has tricked you once again. You are hooked. You will love the summer. You will love the fall. You will stay through the year and not realize your mistake until the dead of winter once again chills you so deep you feel you will never be warm again. And it starts all over...
BUT, if you stay, you may be lucky enough to witness this rare Wisconsin event
It goes something like this...Spring. Awesome. You finally get to go outside and forget all of your winter time blues. Though its windy, wet, and cold off and on, you can finally be outside without a full winter jumpsuit of clothes. You can even ride your bike outside! And just when the new semi-warm weather loses its appeal, the summer blossoms.
Beautiful and green, pleasant and warm. The long summer in Wisconsin seems eternal and its never better. Hot days, cool nights, complimented with the occasional thunder and lightening! And though it does inevitably end, it is followed by an equal sweet season: Fall.
In contrast to our spring, fall has to compare to summer, not just beat winter. And it usually does. If the heat starts to drain you, the cool fall afternoons make for perfect anything weather. A hoodie and some pants will clothe you perfectly for a day in the turning leaves and light breezes. The only bad part of fall is that it is one step closer to hell: Winter.
Regardless of what you have heard, winter is long, harsh, and soul crushing. Between the bitter cold, clogged roads, heavy shoveling, and boring days, you get a moment or two of beauty as snow falls silently in evenings. The minute the snow stops, reality strikes. The roar of snow blowers and the scraping of shovels reminds you that you are a prison in your house and your car is an ill-prepared sled hurrying you towards a crash. By mid winter, when the months drag along, you finally contemplate leaving. You think: "forget it, this is not worth it, winter gets worse every year!" You seem to forget the beauty of all the other seasons. You go for it. You make plans to leave. You make arrangements to change your life, to leave this horrible place.
It's at this point that Wisconsin deals its harshest and trickiest blow. Spring starts. The snow begins to melt. The grass begins to show through. The streets begin to clear. And the long process of starting a life somewhere else gets put on hold. You think: "Hey, this isn't so bad." You stick around thinking why miss the perfect summer that's about to start. And like that, Wisconsin has tricked you once again. You are hooked. You will love the summer. You will love the fall. You will stay through the year and not realize your mistake until the dead of winter once again chills you so deep you feel you will never be warm again. And it starts all over...
BUT, if you stay, you may be lucky enough to witness this rare Wisconsin event
