From The Heart: Do Happy People Notice The Weather?
I've been so busy lately with work and play (my birthday was last weekend), my little boy running everywhere and organizing play dates (he has more of a social life than me), it's all exciting but also tiring because of the stupid weather. It continues to drag on in this dull and gray depression and my goodness do I need the sunshine. This morning I woke up, after it was sunny and in the 60s yesterday for the first time in forever and looked out the window and was like WHUUTT. Because yesterday I stayed home all day working and reasoned that the good weather would continue today (I'm an optimist) so I could go out today. NOPE. Didn't happen. I saw a quote yesterday on the beyond lovely IG account of @verdenius (who works for Jamie mag in the Netherlands) that read, "People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy". I wonder if this is really true. Is noticing the weather a sign that you're in some kind of misery?
Maybe it's just young people or people who just sorta coast who don't notice. Like me in my twenties. I never thought about the weather. I never sat around wondering what will happen this weekend OUTSIDE. Will it be sunny? Warm? Cold? WHO CARED when I was 22. I only cared about boys and clothes and work. Now I'm a million years older and the weather forecast is ALL I THINK ABOUT.
Why do we get old and talk about the damn weather so much? I'm not bored. I'm very busy. Life is good. Yet the weather is something I think about more than the stuff I should be thinking about. Perhaps we think about the weather when we live in shitty weather places. Yeah, that must be it. I grew up on the beach in sunny South Carolina. I moved to Boston after high school and back then, I don't remember 100 feet of snow in the winter. It was different weather-wise in New England when there was four distinct seasons. At least I think. When I left New England in 2009, the weather was extreme. Nor'easter (is that how you spell it?) every dumb day until like May. I got the heck out and thought Germany would be the promise land because there is so little snowfall over here and I reasoned anything is better than opening your front door to a wall of snow that reaches your neck.
Wrong.
We don't get much snow, this winter none at all. But we do get dark angry clouds that pee on us constantly and frown down in their big gray stinky moods. And then they disappear in seconds and it's sunny and perfect. You are tricked and so you jump into something cute to wear and run outside and boom! The big gray master of disaster cloud guy is back looking down, only this time shooting lightening bolts and laughing in his best brew-ha-harrrr voice. So then you ditch the idea to go lay on the grass in the park or chase your kid at the playground because it's pissy again and you just feel super annoyed and wonder what has made you such a weather freak anyway? Like who cares, can't you still lay in the grass in the park with rain pouring down on you and lightening bolts dancing in the skies? Not unless you want to die.
So that's how weather is here. It's moody and annoying. It's kind of like that Laurel character on The Arrow, Katie Cassidy, who is constantly like "Dad" insert uncomfortable long pause "Dad, I'm sorry". And is acting like she is such a sweet sort of lost girlfriend type who is suddenly studying how to become a ninja and then begins bashing people over the head, while all of the time, being all sensitive to her father and nearly crying whenever Arrow tells her she can't fight. The weather here is very Laurel. Annoying. By the way I only watch The Arrow because I'm blown away by the amazing acting (not), incredible fight scenes (no) great storyline (ah, no again) and Stephen Amell (yes!).
Ok so now it's your turn, what are you guys doing? I'm actually prepping for a shoot this weekend. With a photographer, makeup artist, models, props and everything! Weeee! You can follow that chaos and adventure on my Instagram @decor8 if you feel a tad interested. I'll be grammin' on Sunday and Monday to show you a few behind-the-scenes. The photos will end up being used in a few projects, the most significant for my newly designed e-course site that we'll be launching in April.
Hope you are all doing good!
How's the weather?
(photos: Marieke Verdenius)