Recruiting Weather

I live near Seattle. Have I mentioned that? If you don't live here you probably think it rains every single day. It might surprise you that it doesn't. Not exactly.

What we do have on an irritatingly near-daily basis is gray sky. You see, the sun doesn't shine all that often. But when it does shine? Watch out, world!

The increased happiness around these parts is palpable. Everyone is smiling, a spring in their step; we just can't help ourselves. We ditch socks and boots for pedicures and sandals and greet one another with contented bliss and knowing nods of, "Yessss. This is why we live here."

I call it our recruiting weather. I'd bet good money that someone is visiting our fair city today and in the middle of some back-and-forth debate about whether or not to pack his house and move to the Pacific Northwest. Maybe he even visited during a 'gray cloud month' and thought to himself, "Wow, it really does rain all the time. "

But if you're here today, sir... gotcha.

It is beautiful here. The land is peppered with about a million variations of greens and yellows and blues. The lakes, the Puget Sound, all glisten with sparkling gold atop a blue blanket of yummy water.

Welcome to Seattle. It's nice to meet you.