The weather

Dear Reggio,

I would like to inquire about your weather plans for the remainder of the season. Specifically, why is it already wintertime? As far as I can tell, the calendar indicates that we are barely halfway through september. And I seem to recall that when I was a child living in America, it was routinely broiling and stuffy well into the beginning of october. I remember this because I was never able to wear my awesome back to school clothes during the first weeks of school because it was always too hot.

Reggio. Are you not located in Italy, the land of sun and warmth and all that good stuff? I understand that you specifically are more the land of fog and damp, but still. Could you not give us a couple more weeks of sun and summery-ness? I don't think it's asking for that much. I'm fully prepared for the wet and the fog and the damp and the grey starting in mid-october, but that's a whole month away.

Yesterday I was freezing despite long sleeves, and someone told me I should go home and make polenta to warm myself up, and I don't even know how to make polenta. Also, I didn't bring a coat back from America with me. If you could just give me enough time to procure a coat and learn how to make polenta, I would appreciate it. Please take this into consideration.

Kisses,
Straniera

P.S. Ahahaha, I just realized that not two days ago I wrote an entry that was all ode-to-the-good-weather. How ironic.