When It Snows, It SNOWS!

Last week we saw two days that hit a beautiful 63 degrees. Yesterday was the first day of spring. The snow around town had almost completely melted. I anticipate plenty of rain showers, but I had thought I'd seen the last of the snow. Wrong!

The thing about snow in New York is that the state seems completely oblivious to the idea of "snow flurries". For my non-snow readers, a snow flurry is like a sprinkling of snow. So, even if it did snow, I would expect it to be snow flurries. Wrong again. Since I've been to New York I have not seen the "snow flurry phenomenon". Every time it snows there has to be at least two inches on the ground before all is said and done. Even the snow plows are out this morning!

As a California Girl who had very little snow experience, I loved snow! When I moved to the Midwest I was so excited to experience seasons. It took one winter for my love of snow to turn sour. Snow is a novel idea only when it exists in the mountains and I must drive at least an hour to play in it. And then it is only suitable for play, not work. After two seasons of shoveling snow off my car, scraping ice off my windshield, driving icy roads, and being snowed-in; I am no longer a fan of snow. As such, the fact that it is March 21 and snowing really irritates me.

The other wonderful thing: I now have to drive to work in this snow. And like California when it rains, drivers get stupid when it snows.

I really hope today is the last white landscape I see for a while...