The Woman In Front Of Me.
It's Thursday, February 21 and everything is covered with ice. As I type this my fingers are so cold that I fear that they may snap off at any moment. The painful sound of scraping ice off my crappy car this morning still rings in my frozen head. And of course the sky is dark and gray.
Yesterday while standing in the grocery line ( which was about 14 miles long in anticipation for today's ice ) I spoke with the woman in front of me.
She mentioned that the bakery was out of cheese bread, to which I responded, "God, how I hate Winter." We spoke for several minutes longer about things of absolutely no importance as we waited for the line to shrink to the size of Texas.
Then out of the blue she made the mistake of saying to me the words I will never understand, "You know, you would miss the seasons if it weren't for Winters in St.Louis."
I replied, " That's rich! You know, I have been in several automobile accidents involving elderly drivers and if it never happened again I wouldn't miss it."
She looked at me like a confused dog so I continued. "Twice in my life I have been kicked in the groin and if it never happened again I wouldn't miss it."
She turned to look at the approaching tabloids, all of which reported the news on Brittney Spears' latest train wreck
and I finished, " And, I have lived through 40 pitiful, horrible, dreary, freezing Winters in St. Louis and if I NEVER experienced another-- I WOULDN'T miss it."
I walked to my car with my Mucinex for the chest cold I've had since December as the ice cold wind blew in the dark clouds from the North. "God, how I hate Winter."
Yesterday while standing in the grocery line ( which was about 14 miles long in anticipation for today's ice ) I spoke with the woman in front of me.
She mentioned that the bakery was out of cheese bread, to which I responded, "God, how I hate Winter." We spoke for several minutes longer about things of absolutely no importance as we waited for the line to shrink to the size of Texas.
Then out of the blue she made the mistake of saying to me the words I will never understand, "You know, you would miss the seasons if it weren't for Winters in St.Louis."
I replied, " That's rich! You know, I have been in several automobile accidents involving elderly drivers and if it never happened again I wouldn't miss it."
She looked at me like a confused dog so I continued. "Twice in my life I have been kicked in the groin and if it never happened again I wouldn't miss it."
She turned to look at the approaching tabloids, all of which reported the news on Brittney Spears' latest train wreck
and I finished, " And, I have lived through 40 pitiful, horrible, dreary, freezing Winters in St. Louis and if I NEVER experienced another-- I WOULDN'T miss it."
I walked to my car with my Mucinex for the chest cold I've had since December as the ice cold wind blew in the dark clouds from the North. "God, how I hate Winter."
At least it's only for a short time in any given episode. However, St. Louis Weather DOES suck. It probably will tomorrow, too!!! Keep us posted.
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Todd, I wish you would stop stalking my mother.
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6o degrees and sunny in albuquerque today!
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St. Louis winters separate the men from the boys. An alternative method is a crowbar.
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Todd - why do you think I am moving to Tampa? Tell Laura that they need teachers down there. I am sure that people in the south read comics as well.......
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I don't know what everyone is complaining about! So we are stuck in the house with chest colds, big deal. We could be having to plug our cars into electrical outlets to keep the engines from freezing and we don't talk funny like they to in Fargo ND. There aren't many places where you can be at 70 degrees at mid-day and then 20 degrees by the afternoon. Now that is exciting! Put on some lotion and chap stick and stop whining!
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I CAN'T TAKE IT!!! I feel jailed when trapped inside-- I'm sure it's the disease I can't think of right now. I want to live where the bad weather days are few, not the opposite which is what we have. The only time I want this weather is when I go skiing. I HATE being trapped inside constantly just hoping and dreaming for a nice day again.
I've entered the HGTV dream home contest--I hope I'm the winner out of the 38M who entered, and if I am, I will split the cost of this home with family & friends for a paradise WARM & SUNNY getaway.
I'm constantly fighting with my 14yr old son who thinks there is nothing else to do inside on a bad weather day but play X-Box or watch TV. TAKE ME AWAY--- I want to move! GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!!!
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If God had wanted it to snow in St. Louis he would have given us mountains to put it on!
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You know St. Louis sucks when I had to re-route myself to Chicago and the weather was fine there on Thursday! I loved the plane ride from San Fran to Vegas to Chicago and then a train ride home just to get through the winter storm.
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