Man, I keep waiting for this cold to break and for the temperatures to head back upward. It ain't happening. This is what I was afraid of: not being prepared for winter here in the midwest. I haven't experienced a full winter here in eight years. That's a long time. I've visited every year since I left, but the experience was different. I knew it would be cold the moment I stepped off the plane at the airport. What's getting me now is the transition from Fall to Winter. In Fall, there were some chilly days, but they seemed to always give way to spring-like temperatures in days that followed. But now, there is no giving way to warmer temperatures.
Relatively speaking, today was warmer than yesterday, but it's certainly not 60 degrees and sunny. I'm not sure how I'm going to handle this. I'm imagining snow in the driveway; I don't have a shovel, or a snowblower. I guess I should get one or the other. I'm also imagining cars covered in 14 inches of snow, which I'm sure will fall all at once at least one time this winter. Then what? I think I'm getting scared.
I can't wait for spring.
