I am not fond of winter. The cold temperatures, the nasty wind chills, the shorter days and especially the snow. I don't ski or ride around like a crazy person on snowmobiles and when the snow falls my biggest interactions with it are shoveling it and driving in it. I did something unusual this year, I actually wished for a white Christmas for my daughters. As much as I hate dealing with snow, I knew how much snow on the holiday would make them happy. Lo and behold, it snowed! It was just enough to play in and within a day it had started to melt. I was content with that. Alas, a couple days later the area where I live got dumped on by a foot and a half of snow and I was then ready for winter to be over with. I tried to shovel out my long driveway but it was just too much for me so I swallowed my pride and asked my ex husband to come plow me out with his truck. Thankfully he did and I was able to escape my driveway in my little Matrix but the snow continues to fall almost daily. I had to shovel out my entire driveway when we received five fresh inches of snow a day later. It was light and fluffy snow but that doesn't make my driveway any shorter and by the time I finished, my whole body hurt. There's an accumulation of almost six inches out there now and I will have to shovel again soon if I want to keep getting in and out of my driveway. I groan at the very thought. There has also been a rather large lack of sun since the snow started flying. Occasionally it pops out but it's usually so blinding reflecting off the snow I don't go out in it. Most days though it hasn't appeared at all and that does nothing for my spirits. I have to keep the curtains closed in my house to keep the warmth in and even then cold air gets in. I've covered several of the windows in plastic and that helps considerably but this house still leaks heat from all sorts of places. I walk around wearing a sweatshirt, thick fleece pants and fuzzy slippers that go up over my ankles. No sex appeal to be found when I'm trying to keep warm. In Upstate NY winter will last another 3 to 4 months and that is a depressing prospect to say the least. I get home from work and all I want to do is nap until Spring comes. Fortunately, I was smarter than I realized when I bought an Xbox 360 kinect for our big Christmas present this year. I love to dance and have always wanted to know choreographed moves and the Dance Central game plays right into my desires. I can't help but play the game every night and I end up having so much fun doing so that an hour passes before I know it. There are tons of songs to choose from, many of which I know and love and I am constantly improving, much to my own amazement. Thanks to that game, I get off my butt and exercise and that certainly lifts my spirits for a bit. Between Dance Central and shoveling I am hopeful that my body will be in awesome shape by the time it's warm enough to actually remove some layers and show it off. Now if my daily naps somehow inexplicably contribute to a hot body too then I'm all set! Is it Spring yet?
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