What happens when you acclimate to the weather in Vancouver

• You spend a week in a sunny place where you only go outside for lunch and dinner and people still think you look tan compared to when you left.
• 12C (55F) is warm and calls for no jacket if there is no wind (otherwise you walk around with a light jacket unzipped).
  
• A completely overcast day
  
• Can be considered sunny because some of the clouds or white, fluffy clouds and thus are thinner than rain clouds and let me sunlight through.
• Your eyes actually hurt slightly in the morning from that extra bit of sunlight coming through those white, fluffy clouds.
• You skip work if the skies has some blue in it, knowing it could be weeks before this rare occurance happens again.
  
• You bother with an umbrella only if it is truly POURING rain outside.
• You bother with a hood only if it is pouring and you have to walk more than a couple of blocks.
• You own rain shoes.
• Snow is still novel when it is in your front yard.
• The novelty of snow wears off within a day when the city begins to shut down from the snow.
• Your girlfriend talks about wanting to take a trip to "find the sun".
• You can physically tell how much happier you are when there is sunshine (does not require blue sky, but that is a nice perk to get).
  

And the scary thing is all of this is true.