I just got an email advertising travel to tropical climes. It describes "lush Aruba"; Ooooohhhh..."lush Aruba"...it just sounds delicious..."lush", rather than, "the low in the mountains tonight is 24 degrees, with a 60% chance of snow".
I definitely did not fully grasp how cold it would be here in the winter. I mean, I've been here in the winter- I've been to Chicago in the winter- to Boston in the winter. For crying out loud, I've been skiing and it was really really cold. And not all of Florida is without seasons (which are overrated if you ask me)- North Florida gets pretty chilly. But this is day in and day out cold. So far we've had snow angel cold, which is sort of charming, all frosty and white, and knock a toddler off her feet windy cold, and my least favorite, and yet somehow most popular with mother nature- Rain with no end in sight cold. So, wet and cold. Cooped up inside, or completely wet and cold.
There is nothing lush about wet and cold.