miri
You know my 2 mile hike home wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't for the fucking wind, jeez
miri
Good thing I didn't bother with makeup today ... my eyes water so bad when it's windy 8 (
miri
Gently scrapes frosted - over tears from face
miri
It's not even that cold??? Fuck wind I should have worn my heavier jacket. The one with the hood orz
ruxi
oh boy
miri
But I survived, I am home now, one more day and then I can have a weekend
ruxi
cold travel orz
miri
For whatever reason today's journey was like 5x more uncomfortable than walking home in negative temps
mel'nikova
windchill
mel'nikova
it killed me at night in az
miri
I think it was the constant tears streaming down my face
miri
Oh yeah AZ is rough when the wind gets going, especially in the high desert. I do not miss it at all.
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miri
I found arizona's mild-ass winters to be worse than montana's hella cold ones
miri
The damn wind. It's why I feel so much love in my heart for the people of Wyoming
mel'nikova
haha yeah the wind makes it a lot worse...
mel'nikova
i'm extremely tolerant of cold over heat but it was bad in flagstaff
miri
They're so nice and their state is fucking windy mouth of hell territory
miri
You know, I never spent too much time in flagstaff, but I know it was a few degrees cooler than prescott. When I was there in summer
tsukuyomi tsimp
wind chill is the absolute worst
mel'nikova
it was like 20F in the evening/morning when i was there LMAO
mel'nikova
so many mistakes were made going to the hottub at night
miri
It reminded me very very much of my hometown. It was nice! And then we had to descend into phoenix the actual mouth of hell
miri
Oh my god .. yeah. Yeah, aki, I feel much pity for you. I've been in that position a few times myself
ryannN?!
I lived in tucson for a year
ryannN?!
when I was little
ryannN?!
the worst was when the temperature descended into hell and the rains began. nothing like 100 degree soaking wet flooding rain
mel'nikova
tucson is my favorite city UwU the weather is just perfect... but yeah LMAO SOB i'm from california that much wind chill was intense
miri
oh my godddd monsoons are so fun though
miri
I moved to tucson when I was 17 ... I was luke going to mos eisley basically
miri
hella rural farm kid, to ... that. I stood outside in absolute shock and got pelted by my first monsoon, I thought it was the coolest thing ever
ryannN?!
WE DIDN'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING
miri
you'd have probably had a swamp cooler anyway and they're useless in monsoons orz
ryannN?!
we did have a swamp cooler
miri
they're so nice ... unless the humidity's high lmao
miri
then it's like ... slowly melts into the earth
mel'nikova
see i like tucson because it has a lot more variation than where i live. it's somewhere between 70-100 virtually all the time in socal...
miri
the sears I worked at in az had no viable ac, I nearly passed out a number of times because I had an active job and the general indoor temp was around 90-92
mel'nikova
apparently some people find this idyllic, i find it boring af
miri
yeah that sounds boring ... I need seasons. tucson did not satisfy my need in that way but also I was like ... two dollars away from being out on the street levels of poor my entire time there
ryannN?!
as someone who lived in LA, it's definitely more pleasant than tucson
ryannN?!
as someone who has lived in virginia, I like that more than LA
ryannN?!
because its variations are normal human variations that include seasons
mel'nikova
miri though what can i say, i'm a desert gal....
miri
southwestern washington state is my ideal temperature/landscape, basically
miri
no ... I used to be fascinated with it too, but then I went there and found out it wasn't for me ): it was disappointing
miri
it's very pretty though, and very different
miri
I just appreciate it more as a visitor.
miri
I want to go to virginia ... I've always wanted to go to the east in the fall
mel'nikova
i probably won't ever live there so my idealism will last in visits lmao
mel'nikova
my s/o refuses to consider it
miri
our falls are generally kind of bleh but the riot of color I always see in those pictures is just breathtaking
miri
lksjdlf I hope you get to visit often then
ryannN?!
there's nothing like the blue ridge mountains in fall
mel'nikova
i've never been to the east coast! though i have a lot of irrational fear of like
mel'nikova
tornadoes and hurricanes. i think it's a west coaster thing
mel'nikova
i'm not afraid of earthquakes
miri
man I bet ... someday I will go
ryannN?!
visit blue ridge mountains, man. hurricanes don't come this far inland
ryannN?!
and it's not tornado territory
miri
the east coast is the only real place I've never been.
mel'nikova
oh nice yeah i guess that's more central, never been there either though
miri
I was too young to remember the south, but the farthest east I've been in memory is like ... central wisconsin
ryannN?!
I have been... everywhere
ryannN?!
I have lived in LA, Chicago, Dallas, & southwest Virginia
ryannN?!
and DC, forgot that
miri
Goodness
ryannN?!
I've hit the other corners in visits - florida, seattle, maine
ryannN?!
and Arizona, I've lived there
ryannN?!
goddamn I've lived too many places
miri
I am a child of the west. Born in Cali, lived in CA, OR, WA, MT, AZ ... briefly in florida but I was like 4
ryannN?!
most of those were for 2+ years, too. AZ was only 1 year
mel'nikova
i wish traveling were easier, haha i'd be all over the place
miri
same ... I want to win the lottery so I can just take a few years to roadtrip at leisure
ryannN?!
I'm only back in VA because a law school here was like "hey..... would you like a metric shitton of money that we will fake give to you before taking it all back in tuition"
mel'nikova
GOD RIGHT. but my kets. it's a pipe dream anyway.
miri
kitties do make it hard ): I say that, having never bought a lottery ticket that wasn't like a boredom-killing scratcher lmfao
ryannN?!
my cat actually road trips like a dream. I've done the drive from VA to TX - two full days - like four times with the cat
miri
mine are so pathetic ): the drive from montana to arizona was hell ... and somehow even worse on the way back up
ryannN?!
he just curls up under a seat and sleeps for seven hours straight
miri
my poor mr cat was just crying pathetically the entire time
mel'nikova
i have.... 6. sweats
ryannN?!
pokes his head up like "everyone still alive? ok good" sleeps for another seven hours
miri
we stopped in ogden for the night and I got like 2 hours of sleep because my other one cried all night, and all 3 decided to get territorial with dh and I
mel'nikova
well tbf my mother would take care of 5/6 but my 1 who is my baby is a massive baby
ryannN?!
LORD no way six cats travel well
miri
yeah ... poor things. Unless you had like a giant motor home
miri
and then maaaaaaybe
ryannN?!
actually, that's kind of my dream
miri
ssssssssssssssssame
ryannN?!
I want to retire some day into an RV and travel like that
mel'nikova
that would be so nice
ryannN?!
it's sorta what my grandparents did
ryannN?!
they basically stopped working and were like "this is GREAT!" and became professional tourists to see all the shit they never got to see
miri
my great-uncle did the same. retired from his cushy rocket science job and bought a giant rv, then just went wherever at will
miri
#lifegoals
ryannN?!
you can get some really obscenely luxurious ones these days
mel'nikova
what a life man
miri
yeah you can ... but you go too big and you're limited to where you can go ):
mel'nikova
the lack of stability might be a bit difficult for me but it still sounds so great
ryannN?!
not... that I will ever afford that because I plan to be one of those poor-ass suits-from-target defending-poor-people attorneys 4 lyfe
miri
but you'll retire as a badass instead of a soulless money husk
ryannN?!
because rich lawyers are all so unhappy :-(
miri
that counts for a lot!
ryannN?!
and as a public defender you do make enough money for a living. you get above the poverty line and all
ryannN?!
#millennialgoals
miri
that's a really nice feeling ...
ryannN?!
there are multiple specific lawyer ethics rules on how to deal with alcoholism
ryannN?!
it's like
ryannN?!
stares into the camera
miri
jesus
ryannN?!
we had to attend a specific seminar just about lawyers and depression and alcoholism
ryannN?!
and we all were basically like "is this really necessary" until they showed the graphs of depression and alcoholism rates
ryannN?!
and then... pretty much everyone shut up
miri
yeah I bet ): I've heard some pretty terrible things over the years
ryannN?!
so my goal is just to try and stay in touch with things that make me happy
ryannN?!
and yelling FITE ME at the government makes me happy
ryannN?!
it's literally what I do for my clinic work already and it's such a thrill
ryannN?!
but I'm setting my sights on eventual wandering around... pretty much all of north america
ryannN?!
I want to wander around canada and mexico too
miri
good all of these things
ryannN?!
and the good thing is THE ROADS GO EVERYWHERE
miri
I'm hoping to make it to canada sometime this year ... I've lived close to both borders but I've never been out of the US
ryannN?!
I think I've only technically been into canada
ryannN?!
it was sort of wilderness? it was called galleano island or something like that
miri
it counts!
ryannN?!
I don't remember anything but 1) horsebackriding and 2) I found the biggest banana slug
ryannN?!
thrilling
miri
that's so cute lmfao
ryannN?!
I'm really lucky in that my mother travels a lot for conferences, including internationally, and every long once in a while she would find the additional budget to take along the family
ryannN?!
it helps a lot when much of the initial cost is offset
ryannN?!
she taught for three months in germany one year, and we all went and took a trip from germany to rome and venice
ryannN?!
we also went to york & wales, and barcelona
ryannN?!
and australia a few summers ago
miri
that sounds absolutely amazing
ryannN?!
it's really weird to see totally different countries when you're like 11. because that's teh age that you're only starting to understand that other people and other lives are different
ryannN?!
and you see this completely different environment and it's this snap-realization that all the places overseas are real and they are full of people who live there
ryannN?!
I'm pretty sure that's when I started to grow human empathy
ryannN?!
kind of an expensive way to jumpstart the process. not necessarily recommended. venice is fucking amazing tho
miri
Yeah, I imagine that's got to be quite the experience for a younger kid ... it would definitely give you very unique perspective
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