May 05, 2005

hellooo chicagooo!

yup, that's right. 70 degrees. sunny. i'm in sandals. (!) it officially feels like may! too bad it wasn't this nice last week, during ridvan and national convention... hard to feel like you're commemorating the most great festival in the garden of paradise when it's unpleasantly chilly. oh well... we celebrated anyway. and it's nice now... so YAY! i'm just hoping we don't have some freak cold days and revert back to coats and boots weather before the month is out. i'm so ready for an uninterrupted summer, it's not even funny.

you know... sunshine makes me so happy! so here's to hoping for 4 months of warmth, starting today (all you native chicagoans can just forego your snickering and smile with me for now, thank you). meanwhile, convention pictures to come ASAP. :)

Posted by naseem at May 5, 2005 09:55 AM
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i'm smiling with you. and i can't wait for LOOONG spells of warmth as well! gotta take care of my toesies...

Posted by: delara at May 5, 2005 11:24 AM

Yay for nice weather. I'm going to go on a long bike excursion this afternoon, and I'm quite excited. Something liberating about being able to go outside in a single short sleeved t-shirt, you know?

Posted by: Andrew at May 5, 2005 02:18 PM

Got my first pedicure of the season yesterday and yes, this officially means that even if the cold comes back, I'm still wearing open-toed shoes :)

FYI: in June last year we were wearing coats in the eve outside. Just a little warning.

Posted by: Lacey at May 5, 2005 05:17 PM

Your comments make me realize that I've been taking my warm weather a bit for granted. Perhaps Chicago summers are better than Florida's since you appreciate them so much more...

Posted by: george at May 6, 2005 03:32 PM

freakish cold snaps? oh yes, i know about those all too well. It was like 60s to 80s all week in the beginning of April here, and then it snowed one weekend. Then it went back to being warm, end of the month...oh wait. more snow. Then there was cold, and rain and yuck, but now it's beautiful and it's supposed to last for at least a couple of weeks. but we are still on guard for more freakish snow attacks.

Posted by: Briana at May 8, 2005 05:20 PM

Hey this is maddie just stopping by to say that naseem is pretty awesome!!!

um. and. that. i cant go to the conference in chicago...but i wish you all the best of luck!!

Posted by: Madeline at May 8, 2005 08:17 PM

maddie! thanks for stopping by! and briana, pleasant surprise as well. :) yay for new blog visitors.

anyway... i was thinking how it's funny that my posts about weather often get the most comments and the widest range of commenters. i guess weather really is one of the most comfortable and universal topics... :)

Posted by: nas at May 11, 2005 09:56 AM

Then again, that 'rock music' post stands at eleven comments, while weather is only seven. Well, eight now.

Posted by: george at May 11, 2005 03:04 PM