Under the Weather

I don't want to jinx myself, but I've somehow managed to stay cold/flu free this entire school year, which is a first. I've been teaching now for more than a decade and every year it's the same thing: I get sick first semester and then yet again second semester, almost like clockwork. (In a week I'll probably be telling you about how I've been stricken by a nasty cold, but I have my fingers crossed and my trusty Echinacea handy.) Unfortunately, my students are in constant fits of sneezing, sniffling and coughing and some of my family members haven't been as lucky as me. Here in Los Angeles, the fickle weather only adds to the conditions that allow sickness to blossom in its unsuspecting victims. It's 90 degrees and sunny one day and 60 degrees and raining the next.

In fact, yesterday, when these pictures were taken, all of the aforementioned conditions were rolled into one day. In the morning it was overcast, raining and cold. As a result, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to wear this sequined rain cloud sweater from H&M. However, once I  got dressed it was suddenly sunny and warm. When my husband and I returned from lunch a couple hours later, it had  switched back yet again to being overcast with ominous clouds, such as the one on my sweater, looming in the skies. The weather really needs to make up its mind!

Well, at least spring is right around the corner and with it hopefully more temperate weather. My favorite thing about spring here in Los Angles are the blossoming trees. I happened across these cherry blossom petals and, much to my husband's chagrin, made him take a whole new set of photos of me in this new, beautiful location. My husband hates cherry blossoms, jacarandas and other blossoming trees because of the destruction they cause to people's cars and property. He is pragmatic and I am just impractical, so I didn't mind getting my shoes all sticky standing amidst these gorgeous pink petals.

Sweater: H&M
Skirt: Express
Shoes: J. Crew Factory
Bag: J. Crew Factory
Sunglasses: Prada

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