There is nothing like spring...

I love walking out my doorstep, closing my eyes, and feeling...

Wet snow smacking me in the face.

How WILD is this weather!

Wild Weather

This morning I woke up to the sound of thunder and the flash of lightning. For a moment I thought that it was weird weather because it was February, but then I remembered that it was March so it didn't seem as strange. Then, just another moment later I realized it was still weird. There are inches and inches of snow on the ground, and yet it was thundering?

So I got up, got ready and went outside to leave for work. Then I realized something even stranger was happening. Not only was there thunder and lightning, but there was something akin to a clear slushy falling from the sky and covering the ground. It was a thick combination of snow and rain and ice, and it was, very....well, wet.

It made the drive to work somewhat interesting as snow plows drove along trying to clear the streets of the slush. Which, by the way makes NO sense. Not only would the new falling slushy fill in the holes immediately, but the snow plows would spray the slush hazardly on all the oncoming traffic. That in and of itself caused even more hazardous road conditions as drivers swayed out of the way to save their lives from any oncoming... slush.

Well, Happy March Everyone!

Stop the madness...

I think everyone around my part of the country thought we were getting off easy...and we were, until madness struck. How is it possible to go for three months of winter in the 20s and 30s and then suddenly, plummet to subzero temperatures? I, for one, do not know. I also did not know that it was possible for it to snow when it was zero degrees outside. Can anyone explain that to me? How is that possible? So, it was the worst of the worst. Usually it's either cold or snowy, but not both.

This week, a heat wave has taken over, (double digits- 15 degrees) but it's snowing. I realize that other parts of the country are covered in feet rather than inches, but I'm ready for spring.

There is something incredible about the snow. Especially late at night, when I stare out my window with all the lights off, it's like I'm living in a snow globe with magic falling all around. If time could stand still for a few moments, I could live in that world. (That would be the world where I would not be driving to work the next morning.)

Anyways, enough of my rambling.

Be safe everyone!