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Health & Fitness

Clouds, Clouds, Go Away!

A small rant about the odd weather, and the lack of sun!

“How is it that it’s May 5th and I’m still using the seat warmers in my car?”

A question that was brought up by my mom the other day. The worst part: it was a valid question. The weather has been so dull lately—rain or clouds—rarely do we see the sun anymore, and when we do it's so humid! One minute we are using our seat warmers, the next we are turning on the air. It’s cold and rainy, and then it’s hot and rainy... The sun doesn’t like to come out often.

I know it’s Minnesota, I’ve lived here my whole life... but Dear Mr. Winter... Please just go far far away already, and Mr. Spring... Don’t try to be like summer!! One of my good friends commented that he didn’t like how it smells like fall, and in a way it does, did we skip spring and summer and someone forgot to send out the memo?

I dread looking at the weather report, it seems to be all clouds or rain. Now I love a good thunderstorm as much, maybe even more than, the next person, but we are lacking vitamin D! When the sun is out, I make sure to take advantage of it (Even if it is blistering hot -maybe that’s an exaggeration-). Grilling out at parks around Lakeville has seemed to be the must whenever its warm out... Makes the rainy/cloudy days worth it!

Am I the only one tired of the clouds? Are others taking advantage of what little sun we’ve been having on occasion?

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