San Diego Rocks Despite The Worst Weather Ever

Okay, my visit to San Diego was like writing an Undead book...too much fun. The city was beautiful (the airport *bathrooms* were beautiful...with seashells!) and the RWA chapter couldn't have been more welcoming (I'm not speaking to RWA National, which they might even notice one day, but I have no problem with the chapters, which I tend to find supercool). The stores hosting my book signings were warmly professional and, even better, had tons of my own stock for me to sign, and the readers were (this is not actually confined to San Diego) enthusiastic and keen to tell me how terrific my books were.
The only weird thing was the weather. Not the actual San Diego weather...San Diego's reaction to the weather. "I am SO SORRY," many, many of them earnestly told me. "This weather is so horrible! I, and all my fellow citizens here in normally sunny and warm San Diego, am mortified and cannot apologize enough about the awful and disgusting and horrible weather we are currently having, which is just gross." They were talking about the fact that it was overcast and a mere sixty degrees (in mid-November). "Thank you so much for being here! I can't believe you were able to safely leave your hotel room. Anything could have happened to you. It's so dangerous out there. Look at those clouds!"
They got really upset for me when it started to rain. "We might have to shut down early," many of them told me anxiously, watching it pour. "This is going to...traffic will be...I am SO SORRY. Disgusting!" "Look at that RAIN!" "Wow, that is just really...rainy." "Thank you so much for venturing from your hotel to this hotel. We're so embarassed." They were hypnotized by the sight of water falling from the sky. They'd be talking with me and then their gaze would helplessly go to the windows...and stay. "I can't believe it's so...rainy. We can't thank you enough for leaving the state of Minnesota and coming here to San Diego when the weather is so weird and dangerous." "That's all right," I told them. I am generous and brave.
Despite the dreadful disgusting weather I loved my visit. The only way it could have been improved would be if my kids had been able to join me. Even as I type that, I'm aware it might not be true. The Barnes and Noble, and Mysterious Galaxy, were terrific stores...great staff, great prep, great supply of many of my books, great snacks.
When I left San Diego, it was cloudy and mid-fifties. Minnesota welcomed me with freezing rain, a temp in the low twenties, and car and door windows that were frozen shut. Also the knowledge that I had stupidly not bought an ice scraper for my car (they always vanish over the summer). Luckily, my hotel room key card worked all right in a pinch. At least it wasn't cloudy or, worse, raining.