Dear Indiana,

I love you, but you're killing me.

I never noticed how bad the weather could get here until I went to college and had to experience walking to every class outside and not being able to drive my car to every class or hop on that yellow school bus. Let's just also say, I never realized how much I would take my heavy winter coat for granted in the middle of September. I also never thought that I would be wearing shorts all the way up to the middle of October.

I think it's so crazy how we could literally have every season of the year happen in a time span of just one week. Indiana, do you realize that I was walking to class in shorts in mid October, and when I got to class I was sweating?! That's crazy! Is this all apart of Global Warming or are you actually just this temperamental?

I'm tired of having to wonder if I should wear my full on winter gear for the next day or my summer tank top and shorts. There's also the situation where I can wear a sweater in the morning because it's 30 degrees, but then when it's about noon it's scalding hot and I want to take my sweater off, but I can't because it's all I have till I get back home.

Did you know you're also super unpredictable? You can look at the weather forecast all you want, but that doesn't mean that it'll ever be right. One time it said it was supposed to be sunny and 70, but when the morning came it was dark, cold, and also it started to rain.

Indiana, did you know I didn't have my umbrella that day? Did you know that it got super muddy too and my white converse got covered in dirt and leaves? Of course, you didn't. Indiana is a Northern state and yet sometimes it can feel as hot as it does in a Southern state such as Florida.

All I'm asking for is a little regulation and for me to actually feel prepared at the start of every season and not just wondering if I'm going to be able to dress for the weather or not.

Let's recall one instance last year. I believe it was a day in October when the morning was sunny and it was nice to fall weather outside, then the next thing you knew it started raining, and then it started snowing, and then it was snowing and hailing, and then it just all stopped.

Now, if that doesn't describe Indiana to a T, I don't know what does. I literally had to wait almost an entire month after the official beginning of Fall for it to actually FEEL like Fall and for the leaves to start changing. I couldn't even drink hot cider yet because not only did it burn my mouth, but it made my body feel hotter than it already did. It was actually a fiasco. I am a firm believer that the seasons in Indiana are just made up and they come and go as they please.

I always tell myself that I'm going to move and that I'm going to get out of Indiana just because of your weather, but I don't think I ever really will. So, you win this one, for now, Indiana, but let's just see how much more I can handle.

Sincerely,

An Indiana Native who just wants regular seasons