I'm one for the heat. I really don't enjoy the cold much. A nice walk on a crisp day when bundled up is great but in general I'll take tropical over arctic any day. That's different at night though. For some reason, at night, I can't stand the heat! Too warm and there is just no way that sleep is happening. I've been on the other side of that as well when it has been too cold and the shivering just keeps you lying there praying for morning so you can get up. And speaking of morning, well morning should be the opposite. Nobody likes to get up and be cold in the morning.
Its a bit of a dichotomy I guess, or maybe I am as fussy as goldilocks? As I type here now on this Canadian February morning, I am in fleece jogging pants with a t-shirt on, sitting in a comfortable chair in front of a heat pump that is blowing at 18 degrees celsius. I have a microfibre blanket draped around my back but open in the front, and a fire place going right beside me. The temperature is perfect. It's cozy.
Pretty much any kind of activity feels better when you are warm in my opinion. Try getting up and doing chin ups in the cold. Just the feeling of the grabbing the cold bar makes me shiver. Going for a little early morning run? Way easier to commit to when I can wander out the front door in a t-shirt and shorts than when I need to figure out if I should choose the lined pair of under armour spider man tights or go with the pair of track pants. T-shirt, plus hoodie, plus jacket? Gloves or mitts? Toque or Balaclava? It's just easier when it's warmer. No wonder the population of the warm states of the US is so dense! I played a Christmas show outside this year. Try playing a guitar in your "show gear" in minus whatever it was with no heater on the stage. Wim Hof was there but he left because it was too cold.
I can totally see Kelly and I as snowbirds down south when "retirement" comes into play. I'd opt for a beach hut in Costa Rica but I'm not sure that the amenities we've grown accustomed to would be readily available. Yep, my entire wardrobe year round could consist of jeans and cotton shirts for the evenings, and Tommy Bahama gear for the rest of the day.
I hear people say I would miss a white Christmas. Let's say for the course of argument, that I have actually gone insane and miss the snow for some reason; as far as I see it, I could fly into the all inclusive resort of a relatives place for my 10 day vacation and fly back to the shade of a palm tree. I could just reverse what is happening in reality for me now.
All of this said, maybe the grass is greener on the other side. Of course it is, because ours is under a damn blanket of frozen precipitation half the year!
We visited Hawaii once. It was 23 degree's celsius every single day. It had desert, rain forest, and mountains all on one island that you could travel all over in a day. It rained at night when we slept, and the sun came out in the morning. One of the locals there told me that the temperature doesn't change more than a degree or two the entire year! That's the place to go. Then I start to wonder...why then do people leave there? Maybe we are meant to experience some sways into both hot and cold? Maybe goldilocks is boring? Maybe those Hawaiians are dreaming of a place that they can lace on the skates and play a bit of hockey on the same lake that they will be sipping bud lights on the deck of a pontoon boat 3 months later! Maybe WE have paradise with the best of both worlds?!
Kelly an I have obviously got some thinking to do about this; but for now, I am going to ditch this microfibre blanket and turn off the fireplace...its getting a little too warm for me.