The Wind

I don't complain about the weather very often, I actually find it kind of entertaining. Raining? Great! Time for a run. Snowing? Awesome, I hope to never grow out of being excited about snow, no matter how many weeks it lasts, I enjoy the change in scenery. There is one thing that gets to me though, one thing that makes everything else so much worse: The Wind.

I'm not sure what it is about the Virginia Tech Campus, but the wind here doesn't seem to follow any kind of rules. You can literally be walking down a sidewalk wind blasting your face with the cold weather, realize you forgot something, turn around and continue being smacked in the face with an icy gale.

Fortunately it's not that windy that often here, but today it is and there is no escape. I like wearing hoodies in the winter to protect me from any precipitation, and they work very well. However in the wind they backfire. What once protected my head is now a grand entrance for cold air to hit my body as it snakes down my neck. GRR!

Even in warm weather, anything above a gentle breeze is a nuisance. Fishing lines go astray, any ball being kicked or thrown is doomed, and forget about any kind of on the lake sports. Short of flying a kite, which I've never been very good at, it's a major buzz kill.

Now if you'll excuse me I have a frisbee golf match I'm prepared to get frustrated with.