Oh yeah, living on a rock in the middle of the ocean sounds like a terrible place to live. Not to say that your home was terrible. I bet it was great, aside from all the wind and the rain and the storms and the cold (was it a cold rock? I keep seeing a cold rock, but I guess you could have lived on a warm rock in the middle of the ocean, but then I guess you wouldn't have snowy season).
My hometown was built up in the trees, so even if it was especially rainy you could sometimes avoid walking in the mud altogether if you didn't come down from the walkways.