indiana territory

THE PERFECT WEEKEND?? In Indiana??? You jest.

According to what I just read at the weather website, this little part of Indiana is supposed to have two weekend days of sunshine and temperatures that will be in the high 70's on Saturday and the low 80's on Sunday. As I understand it, that is two days of sunshine all day long. This is unusual for Indiana; more often than not, a sunny blue-skied morning will turn cloudy by 11 am, leaving everyone with deflated spirits.

You may know this is likely to happen - and living in Indiana will surely teach you this - but you always are sucked in by the physical impact of the sun and and a clear morning and then as the morning goes on, let down. You can feel the chemicals in your brain: NO CHEER FOR YOU. . . BUMMER, BABY . . . HAHAHAHAHA.

If the prediction holds, it will be an unusual Indiana weekend . . . It is very hard to trust an Indiana sky and here Chicken Little comes running with the cry of My Spirits are Falling; My Spirits are Falling - and he is not being an extremist kooky chick.

But let's say you let yourself believe it will be good weather, then the problem becomes: I can't waste this weather; I must do something fun. But what?? The pressure is tremendous. When I was in Sacramento in the early 70's, we had day after summer day of sun and I practically killed myself by my Indiana-induced attitude of "Wow, the sun is out! Let's do something."

I hope you aren't toying with me this weekend, Indiana.

posted by Jody @ 7:29 AM