Ahh, Minneapolis.
I was prepared for the frigid weather of Minnesota. I wasn’t prepared to see Canada on the weather maps of the local news. Google maps didn’t really tell me I was so close to Canada.. Rather, I wasn’t paying attention to how north I was in the US. I was watching the local news and the weather map view included a significant amount of Canada with sharp, fast moving arrows representing the flow of cold, arctic air into Minnesota.
The strangest thing for which I was unprepared is the fact that the sun doesn’t ever really “come up” in the sky. The sun rises and the continues across the sky in a very low position. It is as if the entire day is either dusk or dawn.
Of course, it makes perfect sense now that the concept has been introduced to me. I now live in a city that is significantly more north than any other city of which I have called home. The position of the sun continues to trick me into thinking the day time is much later than it actually is… example: around 1:30pm the position of the sun makes me think it is 4:15pm and is about to go down, which would mean the end of my day.
I feel oddly rushed. Even though the sun will stay up (kind of) for a few more hours. It is just an interesting thing about this place and not something I had really given much thought.
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Weel if it makes you feel any better, we’ve passed the winter solstice, which means that every day is a little longer than the last.
Plus, our summer days are longer.
I wasn’t prepared for the weird sun place when I moved to Japan either. During the winter, the sun is down at like 16:00 and is up at 3:00….UGH!
As for Canada on the weather maps….wow! That would have made me giggle too. Wave at the Canucks for me!
I was happy when I walked off the bus yesterday and the sun was still up. I may get to go to work with light in the sky and return with it too. This would be a very good day.