I know I made the decision to move to the Midwest, so most times I feel that I shouldn't really complain about things, like the weather, because I chose to live here. But really, c'mon winter! Go the f*&$ away! I'm am so very tired of the cold, I'm over my face hurting when I walk out the door, I'm tired of wearing a bulky jacket that adds to my back pain, and I am so, so done with wearing boots. I'm not one that usually succumbs to the winter blues, in fact before this winter I had no idea what that meant, but I get it now. Truly. Polar vortices or vortexes or whatever... Multiple below 0° days. What feels like billions of inches of snow. Whole sidewalks covered in thick (slippery) ice. I'M OVER IT.
I'm ready for the big thaw, the one that's gonna take. Not a teaser thaw that is accompanied by rivers of defrosting poop, and slushy ice, that re-freezes the next day. NO! I want the real thaw, the one that is accompanied by tulips sprouting up everywhere, the thaw that makes it okay for me to put my boots on the shelf and not look at them again until November, at the earliest.
So, wish me luck, and send your thoughts of warmth and springtime my way. Please and thank you.
