Today we were allowed to leave work early. Normally, we work until 5 p.m. every Wednesday, but today the weather was horrible. First, there were several centimeters of snow; then in the afternoon it suddenly started pouring. Hooray for black ice! When I left the school building at 3 p.m., I first had to clear my car from all the snow. The more often I do this, the faster I seem to become. A New England winter definitely teaches me how to properly deal with my car (even though this winter so far has been rather mild). I felt lucky today because I drove home about two hours before the rush hour. The roads were quite empty and I slowly made it home. There I used the time to take a nap together with Canavar before getting some more work done. Even though I often claim I don’t like winters (after Christmas has long passed), this isn’t totally true – and here are my reasons why:
- Fresh snow is beautiful. It turns everything white and calm and simply pretty.
- Walks through the snow are fun, esp. when you start a snowball fight or build a snowman.
- There is always a great excuse to stay at home, like it’s too cold, too wet, too dark, etc.
- At home you can do so many things to warm up like taking a bath, cuddle with a pet or human, or drink hot chocolate.
- You can be social and save money because you see your friends at home for self-cooked dinners, after work drinks, and board game nights.
- Nobody cares when you are tired in the morning because it is dark anyways and almost everybody feels the same way.
- Winter is the perfect time to draw a breath and make new exciting plans.
- You can sit in front of your computer for hours and either blog or edit photos or play games – and there isn’t any other real distraction.
- Winter clothes are so warm and soft. At least mine are, e.g. fake fur jackets, wool dresses, gloves and boots lined with wool.
- You are so happy about every little sign for spring, like the first exciting bird chirping in front of your window.
- The best movies are now in the theater and on streaming TV. And since it is dark early, you can easily spend your evenings in front of a screen.
- Your body is mostly hidden under several layers of clothes so who cares that you’ve just had that extra chocolate bar or a hot chocolate with marshmallows?
- But winter is a great season to watch sports: ice hockey, basketball, football.
- You could be really crazy though and exercise by ice skating, skiing, or ice hiking.
- You can dream of the warmth and your next vacation. Or even go there during winter vacation.
- Sometimes there are snow days or you have a late start or early release at work (granted, this usually happens to teachers only).
- You don’t have to wash your car because it would immediately become dirty again anyway.
- It is a good time for new tattoos because the skin isn’t exposed to sun so that the wound can heal more easily.
- Winter sale is a great incentive to go shopping.
- There are all kinds of fun days like carnival, Pancake Tuesday, Valentine’s Day, and International Women’s Day.
© janavar
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