Mumble Herder

I missed the cold a lot when I lived in California. People said, "Oh, you're idealizing it." And I said, "I miss the way you can't keep the floor clean around the door for more than a day because of all the sand and salt. I miss the way you have to bathe in moisturizer and still itch all over. I miss the way you can go out for dinner in wool socks and boots and still never get your toes warmed between coming in from the car and going back out again. I miss the way you have to curl your fingers into the palms of your gloves because they are too cold in their pockets." And those people said, "Okay, you're crazy, but you're not idealizing it."