Ithaca is known to be a fairly rainy place, but I have to say that this is getting ridiculous. We had a couple of weeks of sunshine and heat that served purely as teasers of what’s to come in the future. Since then, we have been privy only to a couple of fairly nice days, but nothing to rival the high 70’s we once experienced.
The Ithaca stores have put out all the summer equipment that families are likely to need. All year I have been searching for a chair for my balcony, and finally after the entire year I find one in the Tops grocery store. I realize now that I couldn’t find one, because it is this time now that is the season for such items, and it is the only time they are really sold. It is a green, fold up chair, made of canvas and very comfortable. It even has it’s own cup holder. When I saw it, my eyes lit up and I knew that I had to have it, no matter how much it cost. The downside of getting the new chair, was realizing that if I wanted to sit outside I would need to bundle up in a winter blanket. I want to bask in the sun, not freeze all the way down to my toes. What’s even worse, is that this excess of rain has caused the chair to get wet, and there is nothing worse than lounging in a wet chair.
So…Ithaca, all I ask is that in the next few weeks, while the students here must be stressed, and stretched way too thin give us something to be happy about. With finals on the horizon there aren’t many places for us to find joy. Throw us a little heat wave, a little sunshine and it will be sure to brighten the day of at least a few students.
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