here comes the sun

i have never been a big fan of monotony. i need little changes and spontaneity every so often otherwise i get bored. and i hear people who live or have lived in SD say that not seeing seasons just gets boring. i can tell you that this is one monotony that i'm absolutely in LOVE with and will have much sorrow for when i have to leave it behind in just 7 short months.

i LOVE that i can look outside my window and forget that we're actually in the middle of january. saying the word 'winter' just doesn't feel right around here. i don't feel like i missed out on anything by not having long seasons. it's all the stuff i don't like anyway. we got a full day of rain and gloom yesterday. a couple of those a year is plenty for me. i don't need a few months in a row of that. and we got bright colorful leaves on the trees and watched them fall to the ground, just like we saw in jersey.

i LOVE that not everything around me is dead, as it is in most places this time of year. i love seeing small colorful flowers poking out of the bushes. i feel better when i'm surrounded by life instead of all the death.

i LOVE that i get to see the ocean so often, just in my weekly local travels. i can't explain the hold it has on me. but even yesterday, on a cold, rainy, gloomy day... as we drove past and i looked out the window...the movement of the waves just mesmerized me. i love the sound of the water and the foam of the white caps as they form and fall. whether it's hot or cold, sunny or gloomy, sunshine or moonlight...that ocean just captures my attention. it's another thing i will be sad to leave behind in several months.

i'm grateful for this year we've been given to spend in this great community with perfect weather. hopefully i can embrace our next adventure well, without looking behind to SD too often.