OK, it’s been two weeks since I last posted anything and I feel just terrible. Not because I haven’t been entertaining the masses, but because I haven’t written. I want to write, but I don’t write. I read, but I don’t write. What’s wrong with me?
Today the answer came to me. It’s this dang winter that’s bringing me down. I hate it when all people can talk about is the weather, and I hate it even more when people in Minnesota complain about snow and cold because, seriously, you live in Minnesota and what do you expect? But this winter is different. This winter even has me complaining.
It’s been bitterly cold and massively snowy for three solid months. A lot of people might think “bitterly cold” is anything at the freezing mark (32 degrees F), but I’m talking sub-zero freaking degrees…for months on end. OK, maybe not sub-zero for three months solid, but I can’t remember the last time we reached a wind-chill factor over twenty degrees F.
I love winter. Really, I do. It’s a wonderful time to lie dormant like everything else. It’s quiet time. It’s cozy time. But people around here are obsessed and have turned ugly for the fact that they can’t even go outside without their faces hurting. Everyone’s crabby. And those that aren’t crabby are sickeningly positive saying how beautiful the world is covered with the pure white snow and glistening ice. We all know the people who are being positive are just trying to compensate for the car that won’t start or the driveway that needs shoveling before going to work.
There’s going to be a day not too far in the future when everyone around here will be complaining about the heat and humidity and they’ll be wishing for a sub-zero day with -75% humidity.
Me, personally? I’m crabby too. I’m stir crazy and just wishing I could get to the day job on a road that isn’t coated with two inches of ice. I’m tired of shivering. I’m tired of hearing, “cold enough for you?” I’m tired of listening to people who are tired of this winter.
There. I’m ashamed of this rant but I got it out of my system. I’ve had enough of this winter. I would like some temperatures above 25 degrees F. I would love the wind to die down to about 5 mph. March is my least favorite month of the year, but I hope this year it brings a little bit of warmth. Minnesota can surely use it.
Current temperature: 8 degrees F. Wind: 34 mph. Windchill factor: -35 degrees F.
Sun and blue skies give the illusion of warmth. Trust me, it’s not warm.
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