sNOw fucking way! (Part two; originally titled “The last to know things.”)
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For as long as I can remember, I’m always the last to know things. If it’s something minor as going out somewhere, I’m the last to know. If it’s something major like someone being pregnant1, I’m the last to know. Apparently, I’m not important enough to be at least the second person notified. It’s all gravy though.
In my last entry, I told you about how Mother Nature is seriously teasing us here with 65-degree weather in the middle of December. I would also like to acknowledge the fact that this same Mother Nature has also brutalized parts of Canada with brick-ass, blood-freezing, nipple-hardening temperatures, and kicking New Zealand‘s ass with so-hot-that-you-can-be-ass-naked-and still-be-sweating-in-places-that-don’t-exist weather. Needless to say, global warming is running rampant all over; whether or not you’d want to believe it.
Anyway, it was a good 65 degrees out yesterday. I went to Maryland on Sunday and it was chilly and you needed a coat and scarf and all that. We came back from Maryland, and we shed anything that was warmer than a t-shirt. It did get a bit windy on the tail end of the day, but nothing too bad. We were expecting showers today; nothing out of the ordinary. Until I saw this.
In case you’re wondering, ladies and gentlemen, that is snow. And it’s sticking to grass. Mind you, just 24 hours ago it felt more like the middle of April rather than the middle of December. And we get snow. Of course, it’s not below 32 degrees, so it won’t stick. That’s why I learned from my mistake a few weeks ago, grabbed my camera, and took a few pictures. I told my nephews that it was snowing. Their response?
“You’re late, Nat!”
Apparently, it had been snowing for two hours before I noticed. Gee thanks, guys. You know I like looking at snow. You could have told a sister! I went upstairs to my mom, who proceeded to say the same thing. Wow, I’m really late. I always talk about CP time, but I think that henceforth on this site, it shall be called Shadow Standard Time2. Take the time for something to be noticed, and add on two hours to it.
But at least I got the 2nd real snow in NYC on camera. The day after I thought that I should have been wearing shorts. Hai Mother Nature. You suck invisible balls. Kthx.
7 Comments
Nellie - URL
HOW DID YOU KNOW?! I was naked last night and my eyeballs were sweating! 
Okay, so my eyeballs exist… but they don’t usually sweat.
That snow looks amazing… even though there’s not a lot of it. Mmm. Snow.
Kaylee - URL
Lol, I rarely pay attention to the weather outside when I’m inside, even though my computer is right beside a huge window. I remember when it was the first snow of the season I didn’t look out a window and notice until a few hours after I’d woken up!
Oh, how I’d much rather have a light sprinkling of snow than snow that melted and promptly froze to ice by the next day.
Sarah - URL
You will probably through a shoe at me for saying this.. but you are soooo lucky! I’ve never been able to see snow in my life! In my country it is hot all year long.. so we don’t get to experiment the change of season.. It’s always the same.. BORING!!!
Regina - URL
It snowed a lot last night where I live too. Like you mentioned, Canada’s been getting horrible weather. 
