Fair Warning

If you’re like me, you’ve been greatly enjoying this wonderful weather over the past week. Indeed, we are just entering one of the best times for weather in Houston all year long. A beautiful three months that ends quickly with the summer heat and humidity.

However, Jack Frost rarely goes quietly in March, and he’ll generally force us to make that last final grab of our sweaters and jackets before all is said and done. It’s funny, I have this large plastic container where I keep my sweaters stored year round. Last winter, thinking Winter had gasped its last dying breath, I put it away in my closet. The next day we got an uncharacteristically late freeze. Yesterday, I only thought about whether it was time to put it away for the year. The temps dropped a good 10-15 degrees. Then, I checked the ABC 13 weekend forecast, and it appears we’re in for a low of 38 Saturday night; what should amount to the last “cold front” of the year.

I tell you this now so that you can stop packing away your winter best, and prep for one final dance with ol’ Jack Frost. And also to ask that you don’t bitch about the weather AGAIN. This is all perfectly normal behavior for the month of March. Savor that last night of the year where you can burrow under the covers before Houston’s balmy summer starts to take over.