Five Things Southeasterners Have to Give Up:

This is excerpted from an Alaska magazine: 
1. Give up the idea that you are going to be able to pop into the store without seeing anyone you know.
2. Give up on having a perfect lawn.
3. Give up on planning an outdoor party.
4.Give up on wearing dressy clothing.
5.Give up weather envy: forget reading weather reports for other places!
After all, wishing to be elsewhere can't help you when the weather's bad.  It's much better to think of other things we don't have, like tornadoes, ticks, or big snakes~