Snow of the Day, 2009 edition
Dear Winter,
You have not represented yourself satisfactorily to me this season and I am not through with you. Please come back. I'm sure lots of my friends would be happy to let you stop spending your resources so freely in their areas and move on down here.
Desperately,
Rusty
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Last week was cold, for here - 20s or teens at night, frost on the car in the morning, highs in the mid 30s during the day. I kept my little space heater on in my apartment all evening, huddled on the floor near it wrapped in blankets, drinking tea. I was loving it so much. It felt like the way it *should* be. To walk to class, I bundled up with my big Doctor Who Scarf wrapped around me multiple times, because my coat isn't warm below 40 degrees. One morning I even doubled up on socks and wore my silk long johns.
Tonight, it's 70 degrees. I've got the windows open and the fan on. I can tell I won't be able to sleep well tonight. I reminded/warned my students on Friday that last year right at this time, we had the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, the record-breaking string of storms that killed 12 people in our state and 57 across the South. This is the kind of weather that gets hairy, the unseasonably warm stormy stuff.
I'm waiting for you, guys! It's still snowing!
Originally uploaded by Xena*best friend*
But then, incredibly, we had snow in *March*. So I haven't given up hope. I want it so much. Maybe it's time to start my photographic "positive thinking" again, interrupted by the occasional flower for folks who are tired of snow.
You have not represented yourself satisfactorily to me this season and I am not through with you. Please come back. I'm sure lots of my friends would be happy to let you stop spending your resources so freely in their areas and move on down here.
Desperately,
Rusty
*
Last week was cold, for here - 20s or teens at night, frost on the car in the morning, highs in the mid 30s during the day. I kept my little space heater on in my apartment all evening, huddled on the floor near it wrapped in blankets, drinking tea. I was loving it so much. It felt like the way it *should* be. To walk to class, I bundled up with my big Doctor Who Scarf wrapped around me multiple times, because my coat isn't warm below 40 degrees. One morning I even doubled up on socks and wore my silk long johns.
Tonight, it's 70 degrees. I've got the windows open and the fan on. I can tell I won't be able to sleep well tonight. I reminded/warned my students on Friday that last year right at this time, we had the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, the record-breaking string of storms that killed 12 people in our state and 57 across the South. This is the kind of weather that gets hairy, the unseasonably warm stormy stuff.
I'm waiting for you, guys! It's still snowing!
Originally uploaded by Xena*best friend*
But then, incredibly, we had snow in *March*. So I haven't given up hope. I want it so much. Maybe it's time to start my photographic "positive thinking" again, interrupted by the occasional flower for folks who are tired of snow.