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I have this weird thing about wind – I hate it. I think wind is the number-one, most annoying meterological phenomenen. I can deal with just about any other weather condition, but wind really gets under my skin.

Rain? No biggie. It can be a hassle, but you an always wear a raincoat, carry an umbrella, etc. Snow? Another non-issue. When it snows, you can wear a hat and gloves and a scarf and keep nice and warm. If it gets on you, you can even brush it off before it melts (usually), so you won’t even get wet.

But what can you do to avoid wind? Not a damn thing other than not go out in it. If you drive, it whips your car around. If you wear a hat, it blows it off. Wear a warm coat, and it makes it flap around. It messes up your hair, makes it harder to walk, makes anything your’re carrying flap around in an annoying way or causes you to drop it outright. In short, wind sucks, because you can’t defend yourself against it!

I know I’m sounding like a crazy person now, but I’ve actually thought about this a lot. I had plenty of opportunity! From 1st grade through 9th, I used to walk to and from school (about a mile). Believe me, I had lots of chances to compare the relative merits of weather conditions. When I went to college, I lived for three years in a dorm that was out on the edge of campus, which meant I had to walk across the cursed, flat tundra of Northwest Ohio in order to get to all of my classes. It was easy to decide that the demonic wind that whipped across that depressing landscape got under my skin more than rain or snow or heat or even hail!

I hate the wind, and I’m just glad it’s not windy today.