Up to age 6: Bundle me up Mommy! I'm c-c-c-coooooold!
Age 8: A blizzard? On my birthday? But I wanted to share my cupcakes and wear the crown in school today! That's not fair!
Age 12 (Blizzard of '78): Whoo hoo! Snowed in! No school! The snow is clear up to the roof! (Two weeks later): Why can't I wear pants to church? I'm COLD!
Age 13 (Blizzard of '79): This is exciting! Snowstorm hit; school is cancelled....now where are the busses? Oh...they can't get through? How am I supposed to get home? Hi Daddy!....What, the power is out at home? How's Mom going to fix supper? (Later): This is fun! Roasting hot dogs in the fireplace and pretending we're on a camping trip! And no school for the rest of the week!
Age 19: I'm tired of being cooped up due to all this snow....
Age 24: What? You expect me to drive in this? Surely the kids have a two hour delay....or none at all. Why didn't I take a job in Florida?
Age 28: Why do I have the heat kicked up so high? Do you not see it is thirty degrees below zero? I'm not going anywhere; if you want to go to the store, you know where it is.
Age 32: Is this a sign we weren't supposed to move out of the city? Been in our home for a month and an ice storm hits. My car gets stuck in a ditch twice on the way home, plus a neighbor has to tow me up the hill, due to all the ice on the road. Maybe we need to move farther south....
Age 33: Now this is my kind of winter! Snowed during Christmas Break, and melted right after New Year's!
Age 45: Gah! Where did all this ICE come from? Thankful my new employer doesn't like it anymore than I do, and is letting me stay home. Conversely, on the 'warmer' days, I go in and enjoy the solitude for five hours, knowing the spouse will be back to bring me lunch or pick me up at closing time.
Future Winter: Please adhere to the following guidelines:
-Temps not dipping below thirty (I'd say 50, but let's be realistic...)
-Snow fall not exceeding one inch per snowstorm; otherwise, please melt within 24 hours.
-Absolutely no thick ice.
-If you must snow, please do it in time for either the schools to declare 2 hour delay or close all together. Or on a morning where the spouse is willing to get up and do the driving.
-A light dusting of snow is always appreciated on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning....but not enough to hinder travel plans.
-Please, no temps below 50 after St. Patrick's Day? And certainly not any time during the month of May! I prefer Race Day (Indy 500) to be filled with sunshine and high 80's:)
4 comments:
Sounds about like my thoughts on winter. Love the guidelines, now if they will only be heeded.
Sigh.....they probably won't, but I can dream, can't I?
Oh, you don't know what you have! I have lived in Australia now for 22 years, coming from Ohio and I MISS the snow so much. It's too hot during the Summer months which starts in November and goes through February here. It doesn't feel like the holidays without the snow and I MISS IT SO MUCH! Judy King
I like this. This is my first winter of retirement and we are packing as I write this for a week in Florida. I'm thinking next year, we do January and February.
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