No Mo’ Snow
I used to live up north, way above the Mason Dixon line. New England to be exact. Massachusetts to be even more specific.
Besides the fact that I was a NY’er living in Beantown (Boston) and would constantly get an obscenity thrown my way for wearing my Yankee hat around, it was an okay place to live. I mean, it was different and I chose to move there for that reason. Something new (and there was a lot of that too. Let’s see who gets that reference).
For the most part, I tolerated that area until………the winter.
The winters were…….a bitch. There’s no other way to put it. I mean I’ve lived upstate NY. I’ve been to Chicago in the winter. I’ve been to Wisconsin and Minneapolis when it was -20/30 degrees WITHOUT the wind chill but I knew I was leaving. I was only there for a day or two. I LIVED in New England. There’s a difference.
My co-workers used to say eventually you’ll become immune to it. Never happened. After one winter where I swear we got hit with like 5 of these Nor’easters, I decided to bounce. I couldn’t take the snow. Not in those amounts. A dusting to them was like 8 inches. A dusting to me, 1-2 inches. I used to go into these moods. These “please let me be” moods. I wouldn’t say depression but it knocked the life out of me. Family used to call and check up on me. Even my residential snow bunnies couldn’t help. (hey I had to do something to stay warm) and they tried their best 
I’m a summer baby. I thrive on sunshine. On warmth. Not this cold snow ish.
I say all of this to say this snow that the DC area has been plastered with this winter is making me feel like I’m back in New England. And another storm is on the way. Got me thinkin’ about moving further south.
For all of you who deal with this on a regular basis…..I don’t know how you do it.
I agree. We had 24 inches of snow this weekend and are du rto get another foot tomorrow night. I swear…..I need some sun….soon.
Yep, I’ve had enough too. Born and raised on Long Island, moved to the DMV about 15 years ago. We’re snowed in over here, with no plow in sight. Could be trapped for a couple more days, according to the news. Florida is looking better and better!
Being a midwesterner, it is something we eventually learn to deal with. However, I definitely plan to move to a much warmer climate in the very near future! If I never saw snow again, I wouldn’t be upset in the least. {Back to writing a paper on the prevention methods of drug and alcohol abuse}