Say what you will. And I know you will. I know you will say "Wuss" or "lightweight" or perhaps you'll be inclined to call me a "southerner" as if it were a bad thing. All I am saying is that it's taking every fiber of my being to deny my desire to go home and turn in for the night. It's snowing. It's a nice little snow. We might see six inches. That'd be great. It's significant without being debilitating. I just wanna go home and bake something, sit in my pj's on the couch and read. That's all. Instead, I'm going to a meeting now, a presentation tonight, and will get home just in time to go to bed and do it all again in the morning.
Bah! What a waste of a perfectly good snow.
Posted by tripp at December 16, 2008 02:19 PMI agree. I guess I am a wuss, too.
I tend to think of this reaction as a sign of respect. Snow and winter are a time when the rest of nature pauses and refreshes. Why can't we?
Posted by: justin at December 16, 2008 03:58 PMBah. Winter reflection and inactivity are for the weak.
I know my own Scandinavian blood sings, roaring for mead, carousing and pillage this time of year.
Where's my hornèd helm? I want to row across the Atlantic.
Posted by: Rich at December 16, 2008 04:46 PMWuss, the third, here. I completely agree.
It ought to be a law. If'n I'm lucky, the girls will get a snow day and we'll get to play in it then, hot chocolate with marshmallows.
Posted by: Benedict Seraphim at December 16, 2008 07:22 PMWhat's wussy about wanting to enjoy the weather, from the inside?
(Says this native Northwesterner, who's reveling in the rain in California this week)
Posted by: Kirstin at December 16, 2008 11:06 PMAll those activities sounds great to me, and I don't need snow to motivate them.
Sounds like you're longing for some rest!
Posted by: Megan at December 17, 2008 09:09 PMMegan, I need a snow sabbath...
Posted by: Tripp at December 18, 2008 05:53 AMI'm with you, Tripp - the urge to bake and sip something hot is well nigh overwhelming this time of year.
I'm only half Scandahoovian, so if that something hot were mulled wine or rum punch, I'd be okay with that. But no pillaging - that's just too much work.
Posted by: Scott at December 18, 2008 10:30 AM