Snow's coming

[WelshWitchPMD]

SNOW! I HATE IT!

We have had beautiful weather here in RI the last few days. Today was actually like a spring day. It was more like spring then the spring that we have been having lately.
It was sort of depressing because we all know that it is not going to last and the long cruel winter will be here before you know it.

[ontheEdgeof17]

I've already had 4 inches of snow here. Bring on the rest. I've got my scarves all ready.

[MacMan]

Originally Posted by catinthedark

Well, I'm the same age as you, David (actually, almost a year older). I've lived in Canada all my life (Montreal, now Toronto) and I still HATE the snow!!! Hate the cold, hate the snow. I must say, we've had a stunning fall here - hopefully it's a sign of the winter to come. Not too cold, not much snow is what I'm hoping for....

Macman, are you part of that storm system they're talking about out on the prairies? I know there are all kinds of warnings in Saskatchewan and Alberta; is it making its way towards you, too? For your sake... I'll hope not.

Actually Cat.. we are part of that system, probably the same one hitting David in Minnesoda. I was speaking with people in Calgary and Edmonton, and they didn't get snow, so I thought maybe it would bypass us. They said snow by noon today.. but nothing happened. By 5pm it was coming down though. More wind then anything which just whipped it up and made it look like it was snowing more then it actually was. I guess I'll find out in the morning if the 5cm held true or if again the weather people were wrong.... It's not cold though, just hoovering around zero, so not bad.

[sparky]

I used to like snow when I was a kid. I didn't have to drive then. Now I go up to the mountains a few times before Xmas and if I am in LA on the 24th or 25th I will go up then too. A time or two in Oregon my pals and I have rented a cabin for 2 days on the mountain in lots of snow, which is totally fun. Otherwise, I am happy as all get out here in Los Angeles where it was 80 degrees today and I was swimming in the sun at 2 pm.

I could not handle snow on a daily or weekly basis. No bueno. I want to be able to leave it behind.

[stargazer99]

Originally Posted by dissention

I cannot fathom a winter without snow. A winter without snow is Whitney without the crack. A bike without wheels. A car without gas. Grey's Anatomy without Le Dempsey. It just isn't natural.

I seriously won't miss the snow. Although I do love the way the outdoors looks after a snow, I don't like being out in it, particularly, having to drive in it. If I never had to go outside, I'd be fine with it!

I do have to admit, though, that being in a warm climate for the first time has really thrown my "sense of season" off. I kept forgetting that Halloween was coming up last month. And now, it really doesn't feel like Thanksgiving or Christmas is just around the corner.

But I'm serious about the seasonal disorder thingy (sorry, can't remember the actual name & am too lazy to look it up). I get seriously depressed during the winters up north, when it's been, like, a month since the sun's come out and there's a snow storm every other day. And then when the sun finally does come out, it's about 30 below zero! I can definitely live without it.

BTW, did you watch Grey's Anatomy last night?

[macfanken]

I don't think I could deal with snow every winter. If I want to see snow I'll go to the mountains.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by stargazer99

I seriously won't miss the snow. Although I do love the way the outdoors looks after a snow, I don't like being out in it, particularly, having to drive in it. If I never had to go outside, I'd be fine with it!

I love everything about the snow. Except when it melts and becomes one big slushly cesspool of dirt and grime. Blech. My favorite is when it snows and the branches on trees freeze. So beautiful. And if I'm at my mother's house, I camp out in the bathroom and look out the window because she has a little bit of forest in the backyard and it's just so pretty to look at the snow falling back there.

Originally Posted by stargazer99

I do have to admit, though, that being in a warm climate for the first time has really thrown my "sense of season" off. I kept forgetting that Halloween was coming up last month. And now, it really doesn't feel like Thanksgiving or Christmas is just around the corner.

Maybe it has to do with age. It seems to me like everything is going by so damned quickly lately.

Originally Posted by stargazer99

But I'm serious about the seasonal disorder thingy (sorry, can't remember the actual name & am too lazy to look it up). I get seriously depressed during the winters up north, when it's been, like, a month since the sun's come out and there's a snow storm every other day. And then when the sun finally does come out, it's about 30 below zero! I can definitely live without it.

That's so odd! Well, actually, I'm odd because I like the winter and it's spring that depresses me. Once the days start getting longer, I get sad for some reason. I can't explain it.

Originally Posted by stargazer99

BTW, did you watch Grey's Anatomy last night?

Yes! That bitch wife needs to hit the high road, I cannot stand her. And Dempsey pisses me off. Hello, you're an asshole. You cavorted around without ever telling Merdeith that you were married and then you tease her with "I can't do this." Pfffft.

[macfanken]

Originally Posted by dissention

Maybe it has to do with age. It seems to me like everything is going by so damned quickly lately.

jeez... tell me about it.

[rhiannon948]

David, I'm ready for it too!

I just wish fall was a bit longer...fall is so nice here.

[amber]

Originally Posted by macfanken

I don't think I could deal with snow every winter. If I want to see snow I'll go to the mountains.

Yeah, it's way better to drive to the snow in two hours when you feel like it, then live with it all winter. Blech.

[snowman]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

AHH, I can finally feel like a human again. After having waited 2 weeks into November, we here in Minnesota are slated for about 4-8 inches of snow tomorrow. It's about time. As long as it doesnt go below zero, I can pretty much handle the snow. It comes form living in this state my whole life I guess.

Suppose to get near 80 today in Nor. Cal. Way too warm for mid-Nov. California depends on rain and especially snow in the mountains for it's water, and the long range projections are for a very mild winter. Not looking forward to the possibility of water rationing next year. We went through that in the late 80's/early 90's. A real pain....

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by stargazer99

I seriously won't miss the snow. Although I do love the way the outdoors looks after a snow, I don't like being out in it, particularly, having to drive in it. If I never had to go outside, I'd be fine with it!

I do have to admit, though, that being in a warm climate for the first time has really thrown my "sense of season" off. I kept forgetting that Halloween was coming up last month. And now, it really doesn't feel like Thanksgiving or Christmas is just around the corner.

But I'm serious about the

seasonal disorder thingy (sorry, can't remember the actual name & am too lazy to look it up). I get seriously depressed during the winters up north, when it's been, like, a month since the sun's come out and there's a snow storm every other day. And then when the sun finally does come out, it's about 30 below zero! I can definitely live without it.

BTW, did you watch Grey's Anatomy last night?

It's called Seasonal Affective Disorder. I am likely getting a light box this winter to try to combat the symptoms. I hate the long winter and the short days too. Plus the cold, I'm sick of it. I didn't want to leave FL when I was down there last month.

I also watched Grey's Anatomy and agree with Diss' sentiments on that one. That wife beyotch has got to go. I mean, McDreamy pretends he's not on the ferry with her but he cannot go forward with the divorce?

Meredith's hair looked better this episode, they usually have it all mousy looking adding to her "patheticness". I don't want them to make her pathetic. She should go through a makeover like that character on Scrubs. Then she can strut around the hospital like she owns it.

How about the preemptive hysterectomy/double mastectomy? That was a scary story line.

[gldstwmn]

It snowed here last night. It looks pretty. I'll soon tire of it though.

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

It's called Seasonal Affective Disorder. I am likely getting a light box this winter to try to combat the symptoms. I hate the long winter and the short days too. Plus the cold, I'm sick of it. I didn't want to leave FL when I was down there last month.

You can also try an occasional trip to the tanning salon, with sunscreen. I don't have a terrible case of Seasonal Affective Disorder, but enough that the heat of a tanning bed maybe twice a month helps a lot. I'm so scared of cancer (and of destroying my skin) that I use sunscreen in the tanning bed- how retarded is that?

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by jannieC

You can also try an occasional trip to the tanning salon, with sunscreen. I don't have a terrible case of Seasonal Affective Disorder, but enough that the heat of a tanning bed maybe twice a month helps a lot. I'm so scared of cancer (and of destroying my skin) that I use sunscreen in the tanning bed- how retarded is that?

I never even thought of that. Maybe I will try that, I think there is a tanning salon in my neighborhood. Oh it will be too funny coming out of there with no visible difference in my skin color. I can't see the harm in that for like 10 minutes twice a month. Thank you for the idea.