let it snow ...

Just a few days ago Joisey had temps in the upper 60s; I took a walk outside at lunchtime without a jacket.  And tomorrow the weather gods are predicting a major winter storm.  A Heavy Snow Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service and a "significant snowfall" is expected ... anywhere from 5 to 9 inches. 

Oh goody.

I know, I know, I'm always talking about how winter depresses me and I hate the cold, but damn it, if it's going to be cold and yucky, bring on the snow. 

No dusting, no flurries ... gimme lots of it ... make travel nearly impossible, make it so I can't get the car out of the driveway (and significant enough that it makes sense for me to hire someone else to shovel).  Make it so I have to work from home.  Drop so much volume on the ground that when it's all stopped except the clean-up, neighbors come out of their homes to talk to each other and marvel at mother nature. 

Don't inconvenience me with an inch or two, give me one of those unequivocal blasts that folks at The Weather Channel can't resist naming with alliteration and exclamation marks: January Giant!  The Bitter Blast!  The Winter Wallop!  Make it so big and wild that when I bundle up for a walk (because i can't resist walking in the snow), it's quiet enough that I can almost hear the flakes touching the ground. 

Bring on that soft, white magic and gimme lots of it.  If I'm living in New Jersey (and i am, even though i still can't believe it sometimes), then bring on the real winter already.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

B

Monday morning update: No snow.  None.  Not even a dusting.  Gray skies, and the usual brown/green winter ground ... sometimes, even the weather gods can be wrong.  Just another winter day in Joisey.  So it goes.  (bummah)

Comments

[Piercing the Veil]

haven't snowed here since before christmas too ... sunny but chilly

good evening

[Will]

Totally know the feeling---you capture it so well. I don't like cold either, but one can't help getting a little excited when the big dump is possibly coming.

Then the dissapointment when you are left holding the bag. Double that when you face a morning breakfast table full of kids who were counting on not having to go to school and then are informed that their hopes have been dashed when mother nature stood them up.

[Kerstin]

Well, WE got it all a bit further up north! Spring-like temps yesterday only to wake up this morning and the world is covered in a thick white blanket. And, uhm, yes, the college has announced a snowday, hurray! So I get to catch up on my blog reading :) Stay warm, my friend, it may still move your way, too ...