Here in Central Florida, there's usually only a dozen or so days a year one wouldn't be perfectly comfortable being outside nude in the middle of the day. And maybe there's a couple of dozen nights a year when one dare not dash out to get the paper in the morning wearing less than long pants and a jacket. But no. Not this year. We've had a few cool days last month when wearing long pants was more comfortable than wearing shorts in the evening. But this year. This... is something else.
It's been muggy and in the mid 80's during the day and mid 70's and humid at night for weeks now. Day or night, being nude outside has been more comfortable than even wearing the traditional shorts and tee shirts we spend most of our winters here wearing in public. Will it cool off by New Years Day? Maybe into the low 80's, we're told.
Contrast that with a few Christmases of my youth (elsewhere in Florida at the same latitude) where it at least sometimes got below freezing for a few hours in the morning on or around Christmas Day. Heck, once, we got up early in the morning not to see what Santa brought us, but because they said we might see a light flurry. No such luck.
On another post, I mentioned a time when I was dating a member of Paradise Lakes near Tampa and she invited me to an outdoor New Years Eve party there. Darned if that wasn't one of the freaky cold nights. They had outdoor heaters set up and one could spend the hours huddled in one of their many heated pools and tubs. But wow, it was cold that night (low 40's). The club was clothing optional (I prefer nude only) and the party certainly was CO, so I grudgingly went wearing jeans, a sweat shirt and a jacket.
My date was more daring and was committed to going and staying nude. It didn't stay that way and within an hour or so, she was wearing my clothes, and I was trying to make the best of it, buck naked. It turns out that my clothes fit her perfectly. We didn't stay long and well before the bell dropped, we were huddled in our room, warming each other up.
So here we are. I'm off until after New Years and my wife, always thinking ahead, had the fence torn down Christmas Eve day to be replaced next week with a new (and much better) one. The pool's now in the 80's (solar heated) and it would really be nice to be able to spend some time out in the sun back there. But no... We're exposed to the neighbors and they've suddenly found themselves without warning being exposed to us for a good part of a week. :( At least my neighbors will soon be enjoying the improved privacy my new fence gives them. And it fills in some gaps that made our privacy a little less than I liked.
Warm or cold. Merry Christmas. Whether you're celebrating the birth of Christ, or not.
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