Argh! I frickin HATE winter! Hate it! Hate it! Hate it!

Yesterday was freezing cold. Today: less cold, more snow.

Usually it isn't until mid-January that winter gets to me but this year I'm just SO not in the mood for this crap.

I hate it. Snow means we can't take the car out because it's old (from the 70's) and the salt will screw it all up. So that means we have to walk everywhere. (I don't drive, so I walk everywhere anyway, but when it comes to getting groceries when it's cold and snowy, say, I enjoy it when the two of us--boy & me--can go together in a car.)

When I do walk places in the snow, I fall down. And by "when" I mean every day. Today for instance: Walking down the hill to work and surprise surprise, I fall down. An entirely white walkway and someone with no depth perception make for a highly entertaining combination, in case you wanted to know.

Thank god I have this giant hideous coat that makes me look like the Michelin Man to cushion my fall. What woman wouldn't want a coat that makes her look like a big puffy candy apple? It's really almost high fashion--I don't know what I'm whining about. And the cheap plastic boots with the heel worn off in such a way that my feet twist slightly to one side--Brilliant! That my friends, is a blend of style and comfort if I've ever seen one.

This will be my 27th year of this crap and I can't stands it! I can't!
Thank god this might be my last winter here. I can't wait until it's over.

Oh and good--there goes the janitor yelling at his friend he brought to help him shovel. Good. Oh I so hope he comes in to tell me how useless and stupid she is--you know, because I didn't just spend the last 20 minutes hearing him yell that at her outside my window.

Can't wait to get out of here.

Thanks for letting me vent.

But, it's a balmy 72 degrees here today.

About, 10 degrees above normal.

:spank:



It did make me laugh though. Where are you that it's so warm?

Really, this is a bad thing. I'm still having to
water outside. When the cold comes it will be a sudden
thing before all of the flora and fauna have acclimated.

Very bad for them.

I was not ready for this yet either.

How cold does it get there anyway?

The higher you go the colder it gets...

They don't call it the high plains for nothing. It typically
hovers around 20s-30s at night in the lower areas. When a front
moves through it can get in the low teens. Wind chill and lack
of cloud cover factor in as well.

want to shovel it, clean it off my car or drive in it. I lived in Massachusetts for 30 years and now i live in northern california, winter here is rainy season and i think i'm the only one not complaining about it, why? Well 8 months out of the year here it's disgustingly hot and sunny, i mean no clouds which i'm sure a lot of people love but when everyday is the exact same it can make you crazy.

Like they've never seen snow in Milwaukee before.

I also like how there's always this one neighbor out at 4 am with his snow blower (after the upstairs neighbors decided to have a party at 1 am), even though there's less than an inch of snow and it could just as easily be removed with a broom.

Local news in general makes me nuts but this hysteria over a few inches is silly. I mean, I hate it, but it's not like I don't know it's coming. And though I haven't watched it, I know they've got big "crisis" graphics--"Snowstorm: The Snowening." It's absurd.

When I was a kid our next door neighbor used to shovel her driveway at about 4 am so I'd wake up every morning to the sound of metal scraping concrete right under my window. That was a treat.

It's been freezing ass cold here for a week or so now. And my car's battery died. So I had to take it out and replace it last night, in the cold, windy, night air. So damn fun.

And, of course, I still have Christmas lights to hang outside. I guess I'll have to do that tonight and freeze my butt of doing it. Ahh, the joys of the NOrthern Climates.

you could post a picture of you in this coat?
Or is that too prurient? :evilgrin: :woohoo:

Winter is nice when you can just cuddle by the fire and watch the snowflakes swirling in the air. Shovelling and falling down are not good, but the first part used to be good for extra cash.

outfit? I've already got the high school kids I pass on the way to work laughing at me--and rightly so. I'd prefer not to add to it. Plus, I have no photos or a digital camera anyway.

Winter is nice when you get to stay inside--until you get cabin fever and freak out in the middle of February. (Kidding. Sorta.) I think I'd be happy if winter only was about a week long. That way it I could enjoy the snow and how pretty it is knowing it will soon be over.

will only hit high-60's here in the Daytona Beach area today