She called it reality weather. The kind of weather it had been when real things happened – dentist appointments, unexpected history tests, first dates, job interviews, final departures, breakups and break-ins. The conjunctional moments when one state of being transitioned into another. When reality happened

Reality weather is overcast, slightly windy and somewhat adjacent to rain, past present or future. It promises nothing but what it is, does not forebode, does not invite, will not relent. Reality happens when you have somewhere to be and something to do; the weather follows suit, as ever attuned to the moods it affects and instills