Halloween is in 28 days, Christmas is in 83 and my mother's rocking a summer dress.
Georgia Gould Bishton
The Guardian, Friday 3rd October 2014
A casual wake up routine of having a wash, eating breakfast and getting dressed comes crashing down with the iPhone weather app. Every morning I look at that double-crossing app to determine wether it is jacket day or not and ever since the first day of autumn, I have decided to screw the app and just sling a shirt over whatever I am wearing. It's not a choice I wish to make, but it is one I must if I want to keep up with the incomprehensible elements.
In the morning on my 40 minute walk, it's freezing my nuts off. On my way back my chestnuts are roasting. The weather is as temperamental as my alarm which doesn't go off and leaves me running late (coincidentally so does the weather as it makes me spend more time choosing what shirt to wear out of the three I own). I am generally not one to complain about the weather as I am never outside to either enjoy it or show disdain of it but now I am forced to be out in it for a minimum of two times a day and so I feel like I am granted the famous British strop.
As someone who enjoys carrying around as little as she possibly can, I feel burdened by the load the weather puts on my luggage. A knitted hat, fingerless gloves, sunglasses and deodorant are now essentials with my tackle. Annoying.
The weather has taken over my life and has left me a confused heap on the ground muttering, '13 degrees celsius' in a fort of blankets with all the windows open and 'Cool Runnings' playing in the background (ironically of course). I just wish that winter would get here so I can wear my tacky Christmas jumper, drink hot chocolate and not be bombarded with intense heat.
Great concept - I think we can all empathise! Needs more planning - your strapline leads us in the wrong direction and the "strop" (great noun choice) needs to come in, much more elaborately, from the start to really hook us - if you don't take it to Brooker levels, it is just you complaining about the weather and we are all good at that!
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