Ohio, I have a love-hate relationship with your weather. Recently it has been far more hate than love. A few days ago I glanced out the window while having a pleasant lunch with a few friends and it looked like we were living in the tundra. It is the middle of March, why are you doing this? Cooler temperatures or rain I could handle, but snow? Not cool.

If that wasn't bad enough, I think you may be more temperamental than most of the hormonal pre-teen girls I know. Right when you think it's slowly starting to get warmer a massive gust of air blows through and drops the temperature what feels like twenty degrees. I am so over dreading walking to class or to practice or even just to eat lunch because it is so cold outside.

I can handle days of freezing weather. I can handle an occasional downpour. I can handle days of intense heat, but when you start to interfere with one of the things that I love most is when it gets personal. For the last month, you have kept me and my team from going back on the water. Instead of bringing spring weather and warm sunshine you delivered pouring rain and cold temperatures. The combination of those things increased the water levels causing the river to rush quicker than any of our boats could handle. That added AT LEAST two more weeks indoors, thanks. We have our first spring race in a few days, so if you could knock it off that would be greatly appreciated.

You aren't all bad, I guess. You have brought a few wonderful days. We have seen some of those warm weather and sunshine days this year. The ones where you're finding any excuse to just sit outside and people watch. There were dogs running in the grass around their frisbee playing owners, people taking naps in hammocks, friends having dinner on the hill all while upbeat music plays in the background. Those kinds of days will always be my favorite. I will take some more of those, please.

It would be great if you could get it together soon.

Love,

Most of the people that live in Ohio.