My friends are having a brief vacation in San Francisco. They have no responsibilities except to enjoy themselves. Yesterday was overcast and dreary with a forecast of drizzle so they did the most sensible thing to do. They wore their brightest plaid shirts. They were determined to be a bright spot in the day for anyone looking their way.
Last night in Nuevo Vallarta it rained. Except for a couple of hours this afternoon the sun did not appear. We four spent a wonderful day in the condo reading. Doreen cooked a marvelous meal at the middle of the day and we all took a nap. The forecast tonight was for thunder and lightning and rain. They were right. The rain came down hard. I noticed lots of people sitting on their balcony watching and listening to the rain and enjoying themselves.
Ken and I have always ignored the weather when we travelled. We wore appropriate clothes for the weather of the day and never mentioned the weather again. Years ago, Ken and I were in Scotland with David and Suzanne. This was before children. We expected foul weather because we were there in March. Much to our surprise, the weather was not terrible so everywhere we went, the locals would tell us how fortunate we were with the weather. We agreed, but after hearing the same comment day after day, Suzanne said to us, "I have figured it out. These people in Scotland do not know what good weather really is." We laughed and agreed. And we enjoyed their 'good' weather. When we looked at the pictures back home, we realized that we all wore fleece jackets under rain coats. And we were wearing gloves. We just ignored their weather that was not as bad as we expected. Attitude is everything.
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