So I walked out of my apartment this morning to head to work for a few hours, and it was hot outside. I was wearing a winter jacket and I had my knit hat in hand in preparation for what I thought would be a chilly stroll to the Metro. It is February, after all. I had even considered throwing on a sweater. Good thing I didn’t, because it was HOT. When I finally got to work, I looked up the temperature. The high in D.C. today is 74 degrees.
I ate lunch outside for the first time since at least October. I pushed up my sleeves, put on my sunglasses, and walked around in the sunlight. People were happy. Birds were chirping. Ladies were looking good. I felt like exercising for the first time since Thanksgiving.
Beautiful. Thanks, global warming.
I went back to the weather report, hoping that the trend was going to continue. Hmmm… Tuesday, high of 46? Wednesday, 45?? Thursday, 33?! Talk about a buzzkill.
It’s interesting how much the weather can influence behavior and emotions. Our bodies and minds seem synced to the seasons. Is it the temperature? The light? The attitude of the people around us? The fact that something is changing after months of the same-old same-old? Some evolutionary cause-and-effect that we’ve developed over thousands of years?
What do you think… or does anyone actually know? I’m sure there have been studies done. Bruce, I’m looking at you.
Image used under a Creative Commons license courtesy of Flickr user Yago Veith.
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