Anyone else leave the snow for FL?!
Story time fam, grab a seat…
So…my husband is from Illinois, I was raised in Florida (shoutout to the FL girlies). We met when we were both living in Michigan and while we met in the summer, I moved in the winter, peak cold, peak gray, peak why do we live like this energy. I had just come from sunshine, driving a little two-door convertible, living seven minutes from the beach… straight into winter blizzards.
I used to complain about how cold it was, and he would laugh at me like I was being dramatic. Fast forward to his move to Arizona after 30 years of snow, you already know he didn’t know how to act. And now, to Florida living, Sunshine year-round (even in the rainy season), warm nights, palm trees…feeling like summer most of the year, every day kind of feels like a vacation. Theme parks, pool days, random flights to the Caribbean just because it’s a free weekend, like…he’s living living.
And listen, don’t come for me…snow states are great… for people who love winter, all seasons, and winter sports. We are not those people.
So every time we go back home and get snowed in, brushing snow off the car, wearing layers on layers, and bundling/unbundling the children to get in and out of the car…I gently remind him what life looks like now. Did I single-handedly upgrade his life? No. But did I strongly influence the direction? I’d like to think so. And I’m standing on that.
Are you winter vibes or year-round summer vibes?
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