How's the weather up there?

Okay, that's a question that I have heard my whole life (being relatively tall). My answer, as a mean teen, was to expectorate upon the smart-aleck questioner and say, "It's raining." (Okay, I only did that a few times-- at Camp Indian Springs.)

Now it's a question that I am hearing again, having moved from Florida to Wisconsin. It's funny how weather is relative. I'm doing fine with the cold so far. The low the other day was 19 degrees. I wore my new 650-fill goose down parka, and I was actually a bit too warm. My grandmother in Florida called last week and asked about the weather. I said it was cold, and she said, "Oh, it's cold here too! The low tonight is expected to reach 40!" Sheesh. The low this week is in the forties, and forecasters are calling it an Indian Summer!

Anyway, the weather up here is fine. We'll see if I still feel that way in mid-January.