Washington

so, in a fit of pique (yes, this is how you spell that word. not peek or peak which both mean something else) I decided to up sticks and fuck off to Washington state.
It helps that I have family all close by and I am right in the middle between Portland OR and Seattle WA so job prospects are pretty good, even if I will have to drive a bit to get where I gotta go.

And good thing I did. The weather has varied slightly in SoCal over this past few month between hot, worse and intolerable with bouts of fire, mudslides and hot winds.

All in all, the weather is much better. We get rain - yeah, quite a bit - but it doesn't actually rain every day and it does warm slightly every few days.
and volcanoes. I have three in driving distance. so there is that.