Californians talk about weather too!

People are always amazed at how much Minnesotans talk about the weather. It changes so often and it goes to such extremes that it always seems noteworthy to us. My husband will point out that Minnesotans are quick to say "This is really unusual weather" most every day, and that we seem to forget from week to week and year to year what the weather was like before. Every year my mom will say to my husband at least once in the summer and once in the winter "This is really unusual weather for Minnesota..." Fritz laughs now and says "Then it's normal." 

In Minnesota the weather can change by 60 degrees in a matter of 24 hours. We've seen winter days register at -30, but the temp the next day can be 30 above 0 and sunny. We sometimes have to wear long sleeves and jackets in June, and in March we might be in shorts playing Frisbee. The nights in November can put a killing frost on the plants, but by afternoon a person can go running in shorts and a t-shirt. 

Fritz has often commented that when weather is not a topic of conversation so often, then a person can think and talk about all sorts of other, much more important things. And when a person doesn't have to plan their wardrobe and their day around what the weather is going to be like, there is so much more fun to be had. 

Well, today, in California, people were talking about the weather! Its hit 100 or higher for quite a few days in a row now, and every where people are commenting on how hot it is and hopefully the heat will break by this weekend. The people in Starbucks were talking about it, the man at the gas station, the parents at school... and I couldn't help but smile every time.

It might not be every day of the year, like in Minnesota, but people in other states talk about the weather too! 

(That last comment may have been directed more at my husband than the general public...)