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Day Three Hundred and Eleven: The Forecasts are Changing

Looking at the Weather Netowrk lately I’ve found that instead of “Chance of Showers” it has changed to “Chance of Flurries” and it’s sort of exciting but at the same time seems really soon for snow.  Haven’t we gotten back into proper seasonal weather?  It’s been fall-coat weather for two weeks now, rain boots, but not winter jacket and snow booties time yet!  I am not sure if I’ve had enough of autumn, I’m not ready for winter yet.

With the show and the semester picking up and grad school stuff I’ve found myself not getting enough activity.  I walk to classes and have my workout things twice a week but I think now that the weather is changing and I spend a lot of time in the same spaces (the theatre and my bedroom, mostly) I think I’m going to try to get up early and go for a walk before the snow takes over.  I just want a last look at the leaves, the smell of fall, before the Christmas-lights go up and the smell of gingerbread latte’s become so overwhelming that I cave and have my one for the season.

I think the great outdoors around the colder weather is important for me.  In England we were constantly outside, it was hard not to be, and I remember being down by the Thames a lot.  Maybe I’ll spend some more time around the Speed River, and when I head back home in December the Grand River, get my river fix before they too freeze over and the only river fix I’m going to get is a date with the moon.

It’s complicated being a Canadian and dealing with the weather changes.  In Toronto yesterday I was wearing a fall jacket and a hat and another sweater underneath, and it was perfect temperature, but it was also blowing in my face and not snowing but cold enough for it.  Weather is so tricky, what a piece of work that weather is, can’t it just remain consistent for once?  Do us all a favour and figure it out.

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