Folly Beach SC Real Estate - The Place To Be?

I'm always on the lookout for places to go that have a beach, and Folly Beach SC real estate looks very promising. Not that I'd buy anything there, or anywhere for that matter, but it looks like a lovely beach. And given it's 10 degrees outside with a few inches of snow on the ground, anyplace that has a beach sounds great to me right now. Seriously, it's so freakin' cold right now, I don't want to go outside. Of course, it's going to be in the 50s later this week. Why it can't just be in the 30s or 40s like it's supposed to be, I have no idea. I just hope that we don't have a repeat of last year, where February was full of days in single digit temperatures, and nights below zero. That would suck, and might make me flee to warmer climes if I can.

Bye Bye Summer

Ah, the first signs of fall...like, it's going down into the 40s tonight, and there are frost warnings in the more northern parts of the country. But last week, it was in the 90s during the day. I swear, this has been the weirdest summer weather I can remember. It's been hot, but not that humid (hence the drought we've been in). Who needs to take an Orlando vacation when the weather here is just as hot as it is there? Oh yeah, no Disney World or Universal Studios Theme Park. But, if I'm going to go to Florida, even if it is only for the weather, it's going to be in the winter when it's zero degrees outside with snow on the ground, not in August or September when it's likely to be even more humid than it is here. Ugh.

Summertime and the Livin' Is Easy

Ah, summer is finally here (heat and all). And people are taking off for vacations in droves. Am I one of those people? Unfortunately, no. But I'm sure there are a ton of people taking an Orlando vacation, to go to Disney or one of the many other parks there (Universal Studios, for one). Or maybe if they don't like the heat, they're heading north to Michigan. So, I will just sit by my apartment place's pool and soak up enough vitamin D so that I get just a hint of tan (my winter pallor is...pale...very, very pale). That'll have to do for now, I'm afraid.

Tags: Orlando, Disney, Universal Studios, Michigan, vacation, summer

Winter Has Left the Building

Now that it's warm...I'm not having as many fantasies about escaping to warmer climes, sailing away on one of those crewed yacht charters in the Caribbean. Yes, I still miss the beach, but at least now I can walk outside without bundling up, soak up some vitamin D, and just feel better about life in general. Winter really, really gets me down. And it's only getting worse as I get older. Perhaps someday, I'll move to where the sun shines most of the time. But for now, I guess I'll just have to deal with winters...knowing that they don't last forever.

Tags: weather, winter, spring, Caribbean, yacht, beach

Um, Where Did Spring Go???

The past few weeks, Mother Nature has been playing tricks with some parts of the country. The calendar says it's spring, but the temperatures (and snow...yes, SNOW!) do not. Now, the days are getting longer, but still...when you have to run your heat, a lot, in April...something's wrong. It's enough to make me go online and look at an Orlando vacation home or two, just so I can imagine myself in sunny, warm weather. Because when I look outside, it's cold, rainy, and icky. I prefer my daydreams to reality, in this case.

Tags: weather, spring, snow, cold, sunny, warm

Just Another Dreary Day in Ohio

I swear, if it's not cloudy, it's raining. Where's the sun? Oh, that's right...it's winter, and this is Ohio. We're officially in the "cloud belt" during this time of year. Cold I can take, but not cold and dreary. It's actually warm and dreary today, which is only making my allergies act up. There's something weird about having seasonal allergies in January.

Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, daydreaming of a vacation to a warm place with a beach and plenty of sun, or maybe a vacation taken on one of those yacht charters I've seen advertised in some travel magazines. That would be fun, and I think I'd enjoy it more than another cruise on a floating city (Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas carries 3500 passengers...so it's a floating city, in my humble opinion). Perhaps if we do get our full bonus (doubtful, but I can always dream, right?) maybe I'll invest in a trip like that this time around. Anything to get me away from here would be great right about now...

Weirdest Winter, Ever

You know, seeing that ice storm out in the central plains, stranding everyone in their homes makes me think that it might be good to keep some emergency supplies on hand. Not that I think I'll need them this year (it's going to be in the 50s--again--today), but as our winters in Ohio seem to go in cycles, it might be a good idea. I live in a place that does get snow...and has the equipment to deal with it, but doesn't do a really good job of clearing the roads. One year we got about a foot of snow on Christmas, and it trapped me in my house because I couldn't get my car out. Heaven help us if we ever get anything like they got in Colorado, where the ice was 3 inches thick in some places.

It's just so weird how they got blasted with that, and all we got was rain and warm weather (well, warm for this time of year anyway). Actually, the "warm" weather is causing my allergies to kick in full-time. Allergies in January is really freaky, let me tell you. And, if it's like it is today on my birthday (the 19th), I will definitely be a little freaked out.

Yay! It's 73 Degrees Today.

It is indeed a bonus when it's in the mid-70s at the end of October, when Daylight Savings ends, and I feel like I have to go to bed as soon as the sun sets. I tell ya, I definitely get the "winter blues" bad. Or is it SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)? Either way, I feel like hibernating most of the winter, and I know that's not healthy. But, I just have less energy and am more prone to moodiness this time of year. I need to live somewhere where the seasons change, but fall and winter don't necessarily mean being doomed to 3-4 months of gloomy, rainy days. I tell ya, southwest Ohio has nothing on Seattle. At least that's my humble opinion...

Doesn't help that my job sucks, my company's being sold, and I generally feel like not much is going right. I know, it could be worse...but every time I say that, it actually does get worse (namely feeling like my job couldn't get worse...and then learn my company might not exist this time next year)...so I better stop saying that, lest I find myself homeless or something.

Tags: diary, journal, work, weather, depression, winter blues, SAD, winter, fall, Ohio, Seattle