Winter Wonderland

Dear Winter Weather gods,

Hey there Snow! Or Mr. Jack Frost, I’ve heard. Remember when I said I wanted snow last year before the holidays to put me in a better holiday mood? And remember how last year you didn’t drop any snow for Christmas? I appreciate the effort to make it all up to me this year, but you don’t have to overwork yourself here. It’s early in the season; I don’t want to see you pull anything right off the bat.

I have a feeling the 14 inches you let fall on Saturday will make it the rest December. Or the 16 more inches you dropped off on Tuesday. Even if we somehow got 50 degree weather for the rest of December, I think those 2 and half feet of snow can hold off for the holidays. And I can tell you, we aren’t getting 50 degree days. More like -10.

My point in all this, Mr. Jack Frost, is you can stop the snow for a little while. We don’t need another 4-6 inches that you were planning to dump on us today. We’re running out of places to put it all. I’m also running out of food. I just need a few days off to let the plows do their thing and run off to the store. Otherwise the next time you hear of me, I’ll be wrapped in blankets clutching my last can of chicken broth as my roommates morph into raging animals eyeing down the only substantial thing left in the house. I will fight them off with my skates, but if we can avoid that little situation, I would appreciate it.

I’m glad you’re so thrilled about the holiday season, but I’d like to get home to celebrate with you at some point. If you could just keep everything off the roads, and my car, and away from my windows and doors so I could get out of the house, that’d be great.

All the best,
M