So, I went to Orange County for the weekend.  I left Friday, the day AFTER the first day of Spring.  I got up at 7AM to leave the house by 8AM for my 10AM flight.  It was supposed to be in the mid-high 70′s the whole time I was down south so I decided I would wear “summer” clothes.  I didn’t want to push it too far so I settled for capris, tshirts and sandals.  I left Friday morning wearing a light tshirt, a pair of denim capris and a pair of summer slip-ons.  It was cold when I left with a few small flakes falling to join the inch of snow we’d gotten the night before.  Warm I wasn’t, but I was going to see the sun so I sucked it up and got in the car.  (Yes, I turned the heater on.)

I stopped for coffee which was fine, since I went through the drive-thru except that the snow was coming in sideways.  Then I started on the long drive to the airport.  When I left the temperature was a comfortable (said with a snort and an eye-roll) 33.

After I passed into Washington the snow started coming down harder and the temperature steadily dropped.  By the time I got to the airport it was near blizzard conditions and a ridiculous 28 degrees.  (I say ridiculous because it was officially SPRING.)

So, then I had to park.  I missed the driveway to the parking lot close to my terminal so I went to the outside garage lot.  Of course it was almost full so I had to park in the last row.  Which meant I had to walk through that lot and through the garage before getting to the terminal where I could warm up.

But, you know what?  It was all worth it.  Because when we landed in Ontario, CA it was a beautiful 80 degrees outside.  Beautiful and oh so welcome.  I was so glad I’d faced the blizzard in my summer clothes.

I spent the weekend outside as much as possible.  I swam in a super comfortable pool.  I got a little sunburn (oops) that was actually not completely unwelcomed.

I DEFROSTED!  I’m not back from the beautiful 80-95 degree weather.  There’s no more snow on the ground.  It’s actually been decent…mid-40′s.  I wasn’t too uncomfortable when I landed and spent the late afternoon/evening in my summer clothes.

Spring WILL really be here someday.  And before you know it I’ll have the air conditioning running and be complaining about the heat.

Till later…