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September 14, 2005
I’m a train wreck waiting to happen
After a couple days (or months) of hot and muggy weather, a breeze brings cool relief. Every day when I run(jog), I curse the hot, but know that come January, I will remember that hot is better than cold cold freezing penguins could live here weather that comes in the winter.
It has been an unseasonably hot summer…though that it has not been hot all the way – we’ve had our nice Chicago weekends, but it got hot early and has been hot late.
I use to say(think) that spring was my favorite season. In the south, it probably remains my favorite season. I love that point in March where things suddenly turn green. Here, in the artic, I have come to love fall so much more. Yeah, spring is nice as after the winter that seems to never end (unless of course you are falling in love and then it seems to fly). Spring is hope of being able to walk outside without every piece of clothing you can fit on your body.
The problem with spring here is that it is still cold. The breezes still bite. April at the ballpark can be torture. It take until July (usually) for the cool breezes to feel good and then it is pretty freaking hot. September rolls around and fall appears sporatically and then settles in. The breeze has a chill, but it feels good. The city smells a little fresher. There is apple picking to be done. Classes start up again, and though the influx of people onto campus again inconveniences me, I love the first day of the new school year feeling. I like seeing the faces of undergrads filled with hope and promise of a new year.
I like the wind rustling the dying leaves, reminding me that life is a cycle. There are up times and down times, the only thing that remains constant is change.
Last week I received some hopeful news that my stay in grad student life won’t be forever, which I had previously been convinced of.
Posted by christina at September 14, 2005 2:44 PM