Dear Mari

i *LOVE* scarves! :) how odd i didn't think to suggest one... :rolleyes:

i guess with stable weather, dressing can be automatic. we may think more or less about esthetics but basically know that the gear that worked yesterday will work again today. when the temps drop suddenly we have to figure out
- what is 10 less degrees going to feel like to me?
- how much/which stuff is needed to compensate for that?

often as temps start changing, i find myself either too dressed or not dressed enough. and i've noticed others complain of this too... "never know what to wear with this weather," i hear ppl comment on the bus all the time. so i think it is a general problem.

i have sometimes wondered about it though. we go through this every year, yet, it doesn't seem to get any easier.... weird.

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right now we are in midseason (we have 3 season-types, hot, cold, midseason).

one thing i like about the colder seasons is the ability to wear LOTS OF SCARVES! :):):) i have so many i seldom buy them any more... but recently i treated myself to one i couldn't resist - bright turquoise with silver filament. it is a nice cotton too. (it was about the price of a beer or a sandwich lol).

~ waves ~

The temperature is going down in the upper 20's tonight. That's normal for this time of the year. BF:hug::hug::hug:

Burr!!!!!!

The temperature went down to 32 degrees. Between the cold weather,and the time change things are not right inside me.

I'm a little more depressed then usual. There is no reason for it. It just came out of no where,or it's the weather.

I'm going to church in a few minutes with family,and then we are going to see my dad in the nursing home. I hope that my mood doesn't make my family back away again. I don't know. :confused::hug::hug::hug:

Dear Steve,

i understand the concern. these changes in the weather could be unsettling you. depression can make us worry more, or imagine unpleasant scenarios.

i hope and your family have a nice time together at church, and then visiting your dad, and that when you come home you feel reassured and maybe in slightly better spirits.

in any case, post and let us know how it goes. :hug::hug::hug:

~ waves ~

weather as a metaphor for work
 

Dear Waves,

Yes. You explain this very well.

I've been wearing the same things since August when school started.
It was disconcerting to come up with a different plan for a cool day.

The afternoon temp at 75 degrees might be fine but the am will be cooler than usual and the evening will be much cooler when the cold front will have arrived. How will I manage being comfortable in the building? . . . each room (office, classroom 1, class room 2) has a different temp depending on whatever is going on with the Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning. I move around from inside to outside through out the day so I do not go into the building at the start of the day and then leave the building at the end of the day.
If is is windy or raining, then the variables expand.

Also, even though it is 75 degrees (relatively warm all things considered), it is not appropriate to wear summer clothes in November. The students and my colleague will have made the same mental / comfort calculations that I did and we what we wear will fit into an appropriate range that demonstrates that we made some adjustments to the first big drop of temps in the year.
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I'm trying to work out something and made a mess out of it. :confused:


M.

nah, i got it!
 

nah..... the word "variables" to someone with computer culture goes a looooong way. ;)

i also read your post in the other thread - i get the analogy: stable weather is to work as season change is to job-hunting.

not to mention that i am putting up with a season change on top of job hunting!!!! so far, have been lucky - have not had rainy days coincide with interviews. but the last day out... ugh. had to get out very early - 40's, wind... requiring the heavier outer jacket. i also had a wool blazer because it's the only one that fits. bus usually heated, to varying extent. usually too full to remove outer layer. subway same. then day temps run in the 60's which makes the jacket only needed in shade or wind. but they have these new trams with NO windows i swear it was like 85 degrees in there...

the interview turned out to be in a building where my cousin's hubby works. so he texted me his room number and i got to have coffee with him. after the interview, since i was closer to my aunt's neck of the woods than i usually get, i called her. she was out shopping which worked out even better - we were one block apart! lol. so we met up and hung out a bit. then i was tired at that point and ready to get OUT of my no-longer-comfortable-clothes ... AND THEN came the nightmare of getting home...... rerouted by an accident.... arghhh.

do they sell environment suits on ebay? :D (CHEAP?)

i want something i put on over whatever i'm wearing and compensate for the extreme measures taken by the idiots who set up public trans to compensate for the weather. :rolleyes:

i can dream........

~ waves ~

Thank you Waves. My mood changed,and things went well today. I didn't see dad this week because my sister,and bil saw him yesterday,or the day before.

It's strange how moods swing. I never know when my mood is going to crash.
A mood crash is a disabling event. I'm ok right now. BF:hug::hug::hug:

Dear Steve,

thanks for checking in. :)

i am glad things went well with your family. i hope you get to visit with your dad soon, also.

mood swings sure are unpredictable. they make a mess of life. so hard to make plans, or when we do, we sometimes have to back out... it's as you say, a mood crash is a disabling event! and then, it feels bad enough to feel bad, without the having to choose whether to cancel plans or show up feeling all horrid and vulnerable and people getting all worried.

good to hear you are feeling ok right now! i hope you continue to feel well. :)

:hug::hug::hug:

~ waves ~