GOOD COLD / BAD COLD

Ugh.

Back in LA after a fantastic trip home. The past nine days had everything: Family! Friends! Turkey! Football! Winter Lagers!

Really really enjoyed being back, as I've said it's been a while, and being away always makes coming home all the more better. Plus, I was pretty much able to "touch 'em all", from late nights of boozy fun at the Ale House to relaxing turkey-induced naps during the Cowboys game, there's nary a #SweetHomeChicago experience I missed.

That's probably why my return to LAme was all the more depressing when I got in to LAX, and to underscore my less-than-enthusiastic mood, I was faced with a very inconvenient truth once I got outside.

It was cold.

Now before anyone gets all up in arms about my going soft, I'd like to preface by saying that I spent almost six hours atop the windy rafters of Wrigley and trudged around the cul-de-sacs of Glen Ellyn for a few hours on Thanksgiving (more on that later...) in very cold weather.

But that was GOOD COLD. That was CHICAGO COLD- brisk, crisp, makes you feel like your ALIVE.

I grew up with it. I live for it. I love it.

But, I'm gonna be honest, one of the few bright points about living in LA is the stellar weather: SUNSHINE, PALM TREES, BIKINIS, ETC. Getting back to cold weather - cold for LA, that is - is pretty damn annoying. Its BAD COLD.

GOOD COLD - 28, snowing..."I'll have a delicious hot chocolate and sit by the fire" weather

BAD COLD - 55, windy, annoying..."Should I wear a jacket or not?" weather

Its stupid to complain about cold weather in Southern California but lets be honest, its stupid to HAVE cold weather in Southern California. If this region doesn't have absolutely amazing weather 24/7 it looses all its appeal. Its like if a dumb, bitchy but knockout gorgeous girl gets old or ugly - WHAT ELSE IS THERE?

So here I am back with my "mistress" and she's all cold and ugly. She better get hot again pretty fast if she wants to be worth a damn.

If not, no worries- my lifelong love and I will be reunited in just a few short weeks...