I don't mind, actually, since we had a dry late-winter and we desperately need the moisture. But it does make one a bit dizzy and play havoc with wardrobe planning. Thank goodness for layering. ;D
I'm hoping for good weather next week too, as our commencement ceremonies are held outdoors and our indoor backup room doesn't hold as many people as we usually get! ;D
Yes, the 'big' all-school commencement is always held at the stadium (I suppose in a pinch they might have it at the Events Center, but AFAIK that's never happened) but our little departmental ceremony is held in Mary Rippon. (That's a link to the Shakespeare Festival's "BardCam.")
Springtime in the Rockies... :) I remember it well.
We had the English summer last week: sunny, blue skies and temperatures up to 22C. That may be it. Today it poured rain, hailed and only hit 11C. Oh well.
But if we get two inches of snow here, the world ends. *sigh* I miss snow.
I think most places have extremely variable weather, but somehow Colorado seems even more variable than most.
I often envy the frequency of your rain (I love rain!), so I guess we're even. ;D
I wish some people here would think that 2" of snow was the end of the world and stay off the streets. They're usually people who moved here from places where it never snows and they panic when it does and make life miserable for the rest of us who do know how to drive in snow!
I'm so sick of rain. The rain it raineth every day... that's England, or so it seems after nine years of living here. (I can't believe I start my tenth year in August.)
Here, we get two inches of snow and I think it's nothing. But everyone else thinks it's horrible, the roads are impassable etc. My first year here I was incredulous, hearing that a colleague's husband had got his car stuck in three inches of snow. She thought it was a huge amount, and I couldn't figure out how anyone could get stuck in so little snow. ;) Granted, our tyres aren't as good -- we don't have all-weather radials, for example, but still. I've taught Ian to steer into the skid. :)
When we went to Sweden for 12th Night in 2008 with a 1.5 hour drive from the site to Stockholm on Sunday morning and it was snowing, guess who drove? Not the native Englishman. ;)
I imagine if we got as much rain as you do, I would eventually tire of it. And I can't believe it's been that long either! I understand in Sweden (or is it Switzerland, I can't remember now) you have to pass a special driving test which consists of driving on a frozen lake in order to get your driver's license.
Don't know about the driving test, but I have friends in Sweden I could ask. (I can say that if you move to Finland with a US license, you can exchange it for a Finnish one; I know an American who did that.) I also know someone who lived in Switzerland but now is in Germany; however, she drove there, so she might know. It makes sense. I always wanted to take one of those ice-driving courses in Colorado and regret that I never got around to it.
I remember one year, we had snow like that around May 7th or 9th... I specially remember because I had sprained my ankle that day, and I was on crutches :)
But the good thing about snow now is that it will melt fast :)
ETA : looking at it, I don't know if it's "in crutches" or "on crutches" :(
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"Oh, it's in the seventies and sunny."
"We have three inches of snow on the ground."
"Looks like it might rain this afternoon."
*vbg*
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When my sister graduated in 92(?) it was at the stadium...
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We had the English summer last week: sunny, blue skies and temperatures up to 22C. That may be it. Today it poured rain, hailed and only hit 11C. Oh well.
But if we get two inches of snow here, the world ends. *sigh* I miss snow.
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I often envy the frequency of your rain (I love rain!), so I guess we're even. ;D
I wish some people here would think that 2" of snow was the end of the world and stay off the streets. They're usually people who moved here from places where it never snows and they panic when it does and make life miserable for the rest of us who do know how to drive in snow!
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Here, we get two inches of snow and I think it's nothing. But everyone else thinks it's horrible, the roads are impassable etc. My first year here I was incredulous, hearing that a colleague's husband had got his car stuck in three inches of snow. She thought it was a huge amount, and I couldn't figure out how anyone could get stuck in so little snow. ;) Granted, our tyres aren't as good -- we don't have all-weather radials, for example, but still. I've taught Ian to steer into the skid. :)
When we went to Sweden for 12th Night in 2008 with a 1.5 hour drive from the site to Stockholm on Sunday morning and it was snowing, guess who drove? Not the native Englishman. ;)
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I remember one year, we had snow like that around May 7th or 9th... I specially remember because I had sprained my ankle that day, and I was on crutches :)
But the good thing about snow now is that it will melt fast :)
ETA : looking at it, I don't know if it's "in crutches" or "on crutches" :(
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And you did it right, it's 'on crutches.'
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I left sunny 80-degree weather for *THIS*!?
*g*