it's cold outside

i feel somewhat cheated by the famous paris spring. as in that i haven't seen even the tail of it - the weather has been somewhat miserable to put it nicely. well alright, miserable is maybe a bit too much but it has been cold, and quite rainy a lot of the time, but mainly cold. and if that is not enough to cause slight annoyance, i am yet again hearing the line "but you are finnish, you should be used to it" when i complain about the low degrees of temperature we've been dealing with here.

so let me make this clear, once and for all, so that no one has to wonder about it again - i do not like cold because i was happened to be born in one of the most unfortunate climates in europe, nor am i any more used to it than someone born on the mainland. i do not have a thicker skin or a layer of body hair my fellow human beings lack, and am therefore in no way better equipped to deal with coldness. if anything, the years spent in finland have made me OD on cold weather, hence my quick complaints about it. and yes, it is a lot colder in finland, and yes, it can be pretty bad there during the winter and oh dear me there are times when the sun doesn't come up at all -- all that, yes, but i. do. not. like. cold.

alright? alright.

that said, i do know how useless it is to complain about the weather and get agitated over it. it is what it is, put some more clothes on i guess and deal with it. and i have to say - it is still so new being in paris that even the discomfort and slight disappointment caused by the delayed spring is so much more easier to deal with than it would be in finland; so in the end, maybe i'll just shut it about the weather and focus on the good bits while still holding on to my winter jacket.