Winter Wonderland?

Ahh Winter has finally arrived...

It's never completely here till the first real snow fall. And did it ever! Snow was a little nervous this year with its first performance. It had a few false starts, got a little scared, but finally did it! :)

Now I guess I can say I love snow, when I don't have to be in it. It's pretty and beautiful from the safety and comfort of my warm apartment. Watching it blow and fall from the roof outside the window. But this beautiful view of snow only lasts for a little bit of time. The rest is spent outside. And in this scenario, I HATE SNOW! I HATE THE COLD! AND I HATE WINTER! The joys of college life suck when it comes to Winter time. Waiting for late buses at cold bus stops, almost getting hit by sliding cars at intersections, sideways snow, un-shoveled sidewalks, and a car that hates winter as much as I do. Usually I'm ok with walking in the snow, but never realized how hard it is when your farther away from campus.

My car gets to sit behind my apartment, and when it gets cold out, my car doesn't like to have much heat. When it gets really cold out or is snowing, my car doesn't like to run. There is a snow emergency right now (whatever that means) and all cars must be moved or else pay $200 to get it back from towing. So I go to move my car, get it to the garage I pay to park it in, then realize that in order to get in the garage, I have to turn off my car and use my keys to open the door. But when I attempt to start my car again, it doesn't want to work! EXCELLENT! I'm stuck in front of a garage looking like an idiot trying to start my car. But after a good steering wheel rub and some sweet serenading words of love, it decided it wanted to work.

Not only did I almost have a dead car, I also almost got hit by two cars who decided they would slam on their brakes at the last second to not run a red light. I understand this is the first big snowfall of the year, but still, your Minnesotan's, you should know this by now. Slamming brakes on snow covered roads DOESN'T WORK! GRR.. Sorry I'm a bit of a Scrooge when it comes to Winter.

So now I get to get back into my marshmallow and go to my night class. Hopefully I don't get hit by any cars. Wish me luck.. :)