My family and I just returned from our Spring Break vacation. We went to West Palm Beach in Florida to visit my sisters. My bemused observation makes me think about Murphy's Law (poor Murphy). The entire week before our trip, West Palm was sunny and 80 every day (as continuously reported to me by my sister). The forecast for our week (7 days in advance) called for rain for the entire week. I am happy to say that the forecast improved the closer we got to our trip; however it did not prove to be highly accurate.
On our first day, it rained all day (even though the forecast called for sunshine). This was not one of those quick little rains that cleared up within an hour. Nope. It was gray and rainy, ALL DAY. The second day was supposed to be nice, prior to a cold front moving in on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday was going to be 80 and sunny. And of course the following week was calling for 5 straight days of 80s and sunshine.
As mentioned, Day Two was supposed to be all sun; the plan was to enjoy our pool as well as get some ocean time in. Here was the sky as we left our condo and headed for the beach:
And here was the sky within 5 minutes of arriving at the ocean:
The walk to the beach was TEN minutes. I could not believe how fast this storm moved in. So we grabbed all of our stuff and ran to a picnic shelter area. I am happy to report that this was a typical, short-lived Florida storm. Within 30 minutes, the sky cleared and returned to being a beautiful, sunshining blue. We were thrilled that we were going to get our beach time in after all.
We walked back up to the beach, laid down our towels, set up our umbrella, and just as I was getting settled in to read my book, I kept noticing annoying little bugs biting me. It was almost constant (certainly the antithesis of relaxation). My husband didn't believe me because he was not getting bit. Then he laid his white t-shirt on my towel and within seconds we saw a hundred tiny little brown bugs all over his shirt. That was enough evidence for me to immediately high-tail it out of there. Beach time over.
Apparently, we experienced an extremely abnormal phenomenon for the beach ... no-see-ums were everywhere. Typically, annoying no-see-ums are not on the beach, they are usually farther inland (my sister says they are in the mangroves...and NEVER on the beach with the ocean breeze). We found out that the weather pattern we just experienced came from the West (whereas typically the beach breeze comes from the East, off the Atlantic Ocean). One cool thing about life...one is constantly learning new interesting facts.
Like I said at the start of this blog, this truly is not a rant or a complaint (I actually find it amusing). I would not change a thing. Escaping Ohio, after the brutal winter we just had, was a wonderful thing. (And keeping in line with our winter, Ohio's spring break week brought unseasonably cold weather and snow almost every day.)
So...I ask you...for the end of March...would you rather have a cloudy day with this view?
Or experience this view?
Enough said. ;)
Bemusingly Yours,
Me
P.S. Ironically, a friend pointed out to me that our last family beach vacation (at Ocean City) was timed perfectly to catch the end of a tropical storm. Hmmm...don't get me started on my luck with going out to dinner...
Motivational Moment:
1. May you be happily surprised by cuteness. I LOVE the geckos that are in Florida. Absolutely Adorable!
2. May you get to experience the beauty of a jellyfish without experiencing the pain of swimming with one.
3. And finally, if you happen to go on vacation to a warm place and you unexpectedly experience a cold front, may there be a hot jacuzzi to warm you up and chase away your blues. *sigh* What a view!
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