North Pole here we come…

Alright, that’s it… I can take no more…

I have to vent here because my sister and mother laughed at me – thinking I had turned to the dark side and became a pessimist. Tim is going to be driving through Chicago to get home tonight, so I know better than to complain to him and honestly, when I said something to my girlfriend… well – you’ll see…

So here goes…

Does anyone remember November? I do – it was COLD – remember the blog about the cold? And the stupid bet – You’re right I froze my butt cheeks off all month!

Now onto December – Anyone remember the weather? – of course you all do – my family makes up my #1 readership and the only reason I live here is because of you… But for anyone lucky enough to be off in someplace warm like Spain – (and yes, I checked it’s like a toasty 55 degrees in Spain today!), I’ll fill you in on Wisconsin’s weather… in a word it snowed – it was cold and it snowed like mad. The only redeeming thing was that I did escape for a few short days to Florida to warm up. From that I can only say two things… first, it’s like a new discovery – there is someplace with great weather this time of year and second, HELLO people there is someplace warm – what on God’s green (I mean white) Earth are we still doing here – and if anyone says, “because of the lovely change of seasons” – I may puke at this point.

So let’s move onto January. What can I say, oh yea, January was COLD (surprise) and then one day Cori, my sister called with this terrible accusing tone. Like I was personally to blame for the fact that we had a glorious warm day and all “her” snow was going to melt. Well don’t worry, I got my punishment – tornados whipped through my backyard – tornados in January – Hello people remember what I said about Florida… And don’t even with the hurricanes – we can come back in late summer and fall – I’m all for watching the leaves…

So as you may have realized, Tim is traveling. Last night I had a babysitter and was going to go to a book discussion, but decided that there was no point in making the sitter come out and then keep the kids up so I could take her home in the lovely – COLD. So we made a fire and use up the last bit of fire wood (don’t worry, I can steal some more from Dad’s y2k stash this weekend) and we had a nice evening at home. Cole and I were up reading with three extra blankets and I even let him stay in my bed (mostly for warmth).

My attitude was still pretty good when they called off school and I realized that I would be home alone with the kids all day, unable to even chase them outside because the foolish news casters were doing a bang up job of demonstrating how your skin can freeze if you go out in this weather… Honestly, I was doing alright – even without the fire wood-  until I just checked my e-mail and there was a note from Brian Gotter (the weather guy on ch. 4 – I signed up for weather updates when the tornados went through…) who was notifying me that Racine is under a winter storm warning because we are going to get a bunch of snow dumped on us starting Thursday and ending on Friday.

My girl friend called and mentioned that the weather at the North Pole has been warmer there than here – Fine – you don’t like Florida, let’s move to the North Pole – I’m petite – there are lots of jobs for people like me there – I’ll treat for the moving costs!

Erin – It’s only in the 30s there, so you can come too. Katie, I’ll be ready when you get back… Who else wants to come live with me in the warm, toasty North Pole?

Alright, I feel better… but don’t mess with me if I’ve totally lost it by Friday  J