Pet Peeve #1: Bipolar Weather

Lately I’ve noticed lots of strange, little things that bother me. I think I probably have mild OCD, because usually I am incredibly bothered by insignificant things that somehow feel like mini-apocalypses to me. 

Mini-apocalypse #1: Bipolar Weather.

I love the rain. I also love sunshine. I’m okay with either one, as long as the temperature is bearable. I don’t like rain and sunshine at the same time.

Rain makes me feel like reading and drinking hot chocolate and taking naps. Since I love books and hot chocolate and naps, rain really isn’t a big issue for me like it is to some people. 

Sunshine makes me want to go outside and take pictures and get lots of work done because it gives me energy. I like both of those things, too. Maybe not as much as naps, but close. 

Rain and sunshine happening at the same time, though, is a problem. It shouldn’t be, considering the fact that I enjoy them both individually, but it is. It's a little bit like salami sandwiches and fruit smoothies. By themselves? Delicious treats. Together? A gag-inducing combination of flavor. That's about the way that rain and sunshine happening at the same time makes me feel. When I look at the sky and wonder "why is this happening?" the sun and the clouds seem to mock me and I'm suddenly filled with frustration/rage, both at the sky for behaving this way, and at the fact that I can't make the weather do what I want it to.

I think the problem is that seeing both things happening together confuses me. I like nice black and white boxes to put things in. Because of that, I think I feel that everyone else should also behave that way, including the weather. I have very different feelings that are brought on by rain than by sunshine. When I see them together, my brain goes into overload and can't choose the appropriate feelings, which leaves me feeling befuddled. Suddenly instead of "book, hot chocolate and nap" I'm forced to choose between "get lots of work done or take a nap".

There's also the issue of how to dress/prepare for weather. Where normally I would simply grab my backpack and run out the door, I have to agonize over what to wear. Jacket or no jacket? Umbrella or sunglasses? Flip flops or rubber boots? 

Should this frustrate me? Probably not. Is it silly? Most definitely. But it does bother me. Because a 50/50 decision should not be so difficult. Yet no matter which one I choose, it's always wrong.

That part frustrates me most of all.