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The weather is slowly getting better and I have many challenges ahead

We have had days in the 80s and upper 70s. Not like early last week where it was only 60-65 yuck. I think a real summer is like 90+ degrees but finally getting to 80 is an improvement. The nights and mornings are still chilling though in the 50s-lower 60s. It is great for sleeping with the windows open with a light blanket because it’s nippy enough to be comfortable. My parents have the air conditioning on so the house doesn’t get too warm. It’s gotten up to 82 degrees without ac when the weather got warmer. Well I just bundle up more. I’m not in my summer attire until it hits the 90s more or less but most days I wear dress somewhat lighter during 75-85 degree weather. Not in full fledged winter attire but more like transitional attire that is still on the midweight warm side. I think 75-85 is the perfect weather for spring and fall. April-May and September-October. I like hot summers 90+ ( then I sweat quite a bit especially if it is hot and humid.) I would rather have hot dry summers but the humidity does get up there sometimes. 90s-low 100s with humidity a sweathog fest. Then I sleep with just a sheet and have the windows closed so the ac can penetrate my room. My ideal climate is winters in the 50s and 60s highs with lows in the 30s and 40s. It’s still tolerable to be outside and just bundle up in winter outfits and you are good to go. Not like the brutal cold of 20-30 degrees and snow/ice each winter. Low 70s in early spring and late fall November and March with overnight temps in 45-50 range. April and October 75-85 with overnights about 50-55. May and September 80-85( dry heat) with overnights 55-60 range. June July August 90-100 with overnights in the 65-75/80 range. So that puts me in the Mediterranean, semi arid-arid, or humid subtropical climates. I don’t want humid continental. I do not like bone-chilling cold, blizzards, snow or ice especially black ice. I don’t like springs and falls that are in the 50s, 60s, and low 70s with overnights on the 30s and 40s. I don’t like freak cold snaps during the summer where we have 60s to lower 70s degrees days and I have to bring out my winter attire and Ugg boots with sheepskin again while people dress like it is a summer heatwave even when it is cold outside in the summer. I don’t like off season weather. For instance I went to Florida ( Orlando and Tampa areas a few years ago ) in February and somehow it hit the 80s close to 90 even though that wasn’t supposed to be that warm at that time of the year for me that’s too warm for winter. I mean I chose to go with my family so it’s on me for experiencing such heat during the winter that week. Also I learned in Florida alligators are very common. Usually the winters I think are supposed to be in the high 60s-70s and that is considered really cold. The one thing that I have in common with people from deep southern states like Texas. And Florida for instance is our ideas of cold are very similar. I should have been born somewhere much warmer than New England. USA. At least I wouldn’t have grown up and even now being asked if I am hot or warm or if I am sick. Because I am so bundled up and warmly dressed in fucking 60-73/74 degree weather or be looked at like something was wrong with me or be told that I look like a Buffoon, clown, and that I am inappropriately dressed for the weather. My family and some acquaintances and strangers were so rude and ignorant. I don’t know if I will ever get the chance to move out of the northeast USA and to a warmer climate like the southwest USA for instance. I have too many mental problems holding me back and for that reason to have state support from department of mental health and my family nearby as a safety net for some years. Besides I don’t even think I could afford to move cross country unless my parents and family helped me. I feel very stuck. I live somewhere I don’t like but because of my mental health conditions I have great limitations about where I can go and what I can do on my own. I don’t work and I get a disability check which is not enough to live on if I lived alone instead of my parents house. I need public low income housing assistance to secure affordable housing for myself in the years to come.i have to develop the energy to go back to school in order to finish my education and vocational training and to do work or a professional career job. I need energy to take care of a house household chores and management. Pay taxes, insurance, and bills. I need to learn all of it. If I moved far away I might not have the supports that I need unless I moved in with supportive housemates and friends or lover/spouse who could help show me the ropes so to speak or to ask if I have questions about. Something. There are care companions who are family and friends that help Take care of a person with a disability and get a stipend to help out. My mother is looking to see if she qualifies as a caretaker and gets a stipend for adult foster care like arrangement temporarily to help out because she cooks for me, cleans the house, and my parents financially provide for me with the exception of my disability benefits which contribute to helping my upkeep and maintenance and some is left over for me to have spending money. I will eventually have to learn to live on my own and take care of myself as I don’t want to be placed in say a group home or nursing home facility. I want to come and go as I please. Supportive independent living or assisted living offer more independence and autonomy. Shared living might also be another option. I have to be settled before my parents get too old. The next few years are crucial. To my success.

 
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