October 8, 2012

growing up arizonan.

There are many things that are different about your childhood when you grown up in ARIZONA, particularly the Phoenix part.

THINGS YOU MISS OUT ON:
  • snow, and winter as a whole.
  • fall, and leaves and trees in general.
  • spring, and flowers for the most part.
  • snow days.
  • daylight savings time.
  • humidity.
  • public transportation. that works.
  • scarfs, boots, mittens, gloves, sweaters, snow pants..
  • worrying that you will be too cold in your halloween costume while trick-or-treating.
  • thinking of hot drinks and food as a cold weather thing.
  • playing/ being outside (if you are not in a body of water) in the summer.
  • naturally green grass.
THINGS YOU GET TO EXPERIENCE THAT OTHER KIDS DON'T:
  • riding your new bike outside on christmas morning in just your pjs. and not being cold.
  • huboobs.
  • monsoons.
  • heat advisory days, when you can't play outside.
  • being a six hour, or less, drive from the beach, snow, and another country simultaneously.
  • falling on/into a cactus at some point.
  • wearing flip flops all year long.
  • not having a day of swim lessons, but knowing how to swim by age five.
  • feeling cold when it is 71 degrees outside.
  • summer starting in March and ending in October.
  • putting an ice pack on the seatbelt/carseat when you go into a store, so you don't burn yourself. again.
  • planning your halloween costume so you are not hot while trick-or-treating.
  • leaving your chapstick/crayons in the car and coming back to a colorful glob that mom is really angry about. 
  • frying an egg on the sidewalk.

these lists could go on forever...

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