The sun came out the first couple of days in February. I'm saying this because for the entire calendar month of January in Ann Arbor, there was no sighting of the sun. I don't know how to describe it other than ask, how does the Midwest have so many clouds?

Yeah, well when I came to Michigan, or whenever I told people I was going there for school, they would always pop the most cliche remark about the weather, like "oh you better be ready for the cold" or "the winters there can kill you" and thought that it would be just fine. I knew I was going to be cold when I put the deposit down, but I didn't know I would be relegated to thirty minutes of sunshine every ten days.

Nobody warned me for the constant overcast that comes with the territory, but when you go an entire month without sunlight, it feels pretty weird. The funniest part was when the clouds were blocking the sun, it wasn't even that cold. Temperatures were so decent I only had to wear a jacket, not a coat. As genuinely surprised as I was, I still knew I couldn't spend anytime with my buddy, the sun, mostly because I feel like I left it at home, in New York.

Now, because of the lack of sunlight/warmth going on as a result of this Michigan winter that I'll now be subject to for as long as I remain a student here, I wake up every day thinking about the sunny beautiful beach. What's not there to love about it? Fantasizing about such a nice, serene, afternoon by the oceanside with warmth and sun, what could be better? Especially since you actually get to see the sun. But for the time being, I'm gonna be chilling in the chill weather, no pun intended. No beach for me I guess.

So this is what it's gonna be. I was ready for the cold, and I got a lot of clouds to go along with it. Wasn't expecting that part, but I guess it comes with the territory. Hopefully I'll get to see the sun in a much warmer climate than Michigan in February, such as New York. Somehow, the weather there feels like summer relative to the weather in Ann Arbor.