California Dreamin

Gosh I love the winter: the way I get stuck in the parking lots everywhere after we've had a snowstorm (doesn't matter if the storm was 2 weeks prior, it just seems that mr.plow is either in the ditch too, on vacation, or on strike). I love feeling like my limbs are going to freeze off my body instantaneously as I venture into the ridiculously cold winds. I love the way I shiver when I hear my boots crunching on the packed down snow (ok seriously, how this could actually be delightful for some people, I don't know, sounds like nails on a chalkboard to me). I love having to fill my car with gas more often because of the time it has to be run to be warm when I go anywhere. I love how small towns like Cold Lake just shut down when there's a storm, meaning I sit inside at my parents house doing exactly what I would be doing were I back in Edmonton: watch tv and talk on msn. Oh the glory of it all. Why people ever chose to settle in Alberta, I'm not sure. California is looking mighty fine now people, mighty fine.