The Madison Chronicles - Winter \o/

[aragarna]

So, on Saturday, I was complaining about the general lack of real snow so far. Apart one major snow fall at the very beginning of January, all we've had were grey low skies and that shitty snow-turning-to-mud that is supposed to be March, but certainly not the crisp snowy winter I was promised. Of course, just to contradict me (unless it was to please me?) it started to snow Saturday night. It snowed all day on Sunday. And it even snowed again this afternoon. Like big real snowfalls.

I don't have to shovel - I'm living in an apartment. I don't have to drive (thankfully!) - I'm 10 minutes by feet from work. I can even go to the grocery store without exiting the building. And the University screenings at the Union have resumed, so I can also go see movies 10 minutes from home. I have a super down-filled winter jacket and I invested in good winter boots.

So, see, I have none of the downsides of snow - well, apart from cold, but one can't get it all, right? So, I'm just HAPPY. Snow makes me happy. :)
Snow talks to my inner child. I can literally feel it. I'm getting out in the morning, and as I walk in the snow, I'm all excited. I just smile, and I just want to go make a snowman, or find someone to have a snow fight. Go sledging. I walk on the sides of the pathways to walk in a max of snow.

Snow was rather exceptional where I grew-up, and one tiny snow flake would qualify as a snowfall. I remember a couple times where there was enough snow in the garden to make a snowman, but I mostly remember snow-less winters. So, snow is always really exciting.
Also, snow is mostly synonymous of holidays. When I was a kid, we used to go to go ski in the mountains (mostly the Alps. A couple times The Pyrénées.), so snow = good times.

So, I could complain about that freaking online instrument-booking system at 6:30:00 that I've failed 3 times already, I could complain about my general fatigue due to, well, winter. But hey, who cares, because SNOW. :)
(Also, we've done enough complaining and ranting about annoying things for today on LJ, right? ;-) )

Comments

[sg-lab.livejournal.com]

I live in Iowa and we got a lot of that snow Saturday and Sunday too. Of course I've lived here all my life so I was very happy with the winter we'd been having until then. :D

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

Hey we're neighbors!! :)

[sg-lab.livejournal.com]

And my aunt and uncle live in Madison too. :-)

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

Oh that's right!
Let me know if you ever go visit them :)

[treonb.livejournal.com]

Hee! Enjoy the snow :-)

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

Doing my best :)

[nieseryjna.livejournal.com]

Yay for snow! Here at the North Pole/Syberia for some ;) snow this winter was so far very sparse. We got something in December that survied more than a day but otherwise it started to snow just at the end of January and little by little its still snows some every day. I was waiting for it as much as you did. Snow is fun!

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

yay for snow!! :)
(Siberia, isn't pushing it a little ?)

[nieseryjna.livejournal.com]

Not pushing it if it's -20celcius... but well that was last winter ;)

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

Now I can proudly brag that I get those temperatures too ;-)

[maryrose-it.livejournal.com]

living near the Alps is a good place to have snowy Winters but not this Year! It is unusually warm and dry also in January .They said that this week we got 4 days with snow well yesterday snowed few flakes fore 10 minutes and today it's only a bit cloudy ... no snow ..
This morning they said that tomorrow and Friday we'll get a lot of snow ..sorry I don't believe the "experts" anymore!!! I miss snow ....

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

Well, you've had a lot of snow in the past, time to share. ;-)

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[leesa_perrie]

Enjoy the snow!! It makes everything look pretty! :D

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

Except for the roads and sidewalks... ;)

[leesa_perrie]

Ah well, I should probably have added 'before people etc go messing it up' to that statement! :D

[paganlowroader.livejournal.com]

You're being so modest about your figure skating prowess. Of course, being Laurent's niece, it's probably in the DNA.

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

Laurent who ?
Definitely not in my DNA, but I'm still planning on trying this friday :)

[paganlowroader.livejournal.com]

Laurent De------, the French champion. Cousin Chloe's dad. And I'm fairly certain I've seen photographic evidence recently. If you come to New York, we can see how many rinks we can work in. I vote we start with Bryant Park's simply for the proximity to Le Pain Quotidian.

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

Probably from way before my time. :-P

I'd love to come to NY, but my boss don't let me take any time off!