Where is Tom Skilling When You Need Him?

Today I had the gross misfortune of witnessing the following:

Friday there will be snow in Zurich – snow.  What the hey Mother Nature??  I know my friends and family are saying the same thing in Chicago about the weird weather, but Zurich has been mostly terrible since I’ve arrived.  Don’t get me wrong, there have been great pockets here and there but then back to this rain and “cold all week” crap.  ARGH!

It begs the question, “Where is Tom Skilling when you need him?”  I miss Tom Skilling.  He was a great scape goat and great ray of hope/sunshine.  You wanted to hug him or buy him a beer when the forecast was positive and punch him through the TV when it was bad.  Zurich doesn’t have anyone quite like Tom, and it makes me miss Chicago that much more.

I long for the days of seeing his photo on random billboards or bus stop covers – of hearing him completely miss the mark on the next day’s weather – of hugging him inside my mind when the sun was shining and the beach was waiting.

*Sigh*  There are many things I miss about Chicago, and this week Tom is one of them.  Even though he wouldn’t be able to fix the weather, it would be easier to comprehend that it will be snowing at the end of May if I heard it from him.