So I was on my way to work this morning...it was pretty dreary and grey with maybe a light drizzle...not surprising since it rained all day yesterday. Anyways, as I drove off the highway into American Fork, it started to rain just slightly harder. Then, through my rain-spotted windshield, something pulled my attention momentarily away from the road. But it couldn't be, so I dismissed it.
And yet, there it was again.
A snowflake.
{Insert swears}
THIS IS WHY I WANTED SUMMER BACK!!
Because snow is NOT acceptable until January--MAYBE December.
Because, as lovely as fall is in THEORY, it doesn't exist in Utah! Fall is just a gross mixture of a few beautiful fall days and a bunch of nasty, slushy, snowy messes. As soon as summer is over, winter thinks it can take over. And I haaaaaate winter. Because there is nothing good about cold and because snow, as pretty as it seems, is only pretty until you have to go somewhere, and then it is an extreme nuisance.
Unfortunately, my husband, like so many other men, enjoys the colder months. So there's probably no chance I could convince him to live in Arizona. Sigh.
I miss you, summer.
While I strongly disagreed with your last post, I definitely empathize with this one. I also dislike snow in October, though I find it acceptable starting after Thanksgiving. But like you, I only enjoy it till I have to go somewhere. So I generally spend winter cooped up in my house, cooking yummy winter food, unless I absolutely have to venture out (in which case I make Mike drive).
ReplyDeleteOn a slightly related note, I seem to remember a certain 7-year-old girl who used to pray for snow in Primary.....
Funny you should mention that little girl, Liz! I too, remember at least a few snow dances and not just at age seven. I did hear on the weather that there might be some snow in the upper elevations of the Wasatch. Laying in that good foundation for skiing. I look forward to moving out there and showing you that we can have fun in the winter.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I forgot to comment on the spectacular photo you attached to your blog! Wow! What a beautiful sky.
ReplyDeleteYes, that girl is long dead. She died when I came to college and no longer had snow days, and thus had to drive in the snow. Then she re-died when we crashed in the snowy, icy mountains in the most expensive ski resort town in Colorado.
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