Seriously, Momma Nature
Snow? Again? Don't EVEN get me started.
Our first winter "weather event" this season wasn't even snow. It was a truly messy ice storm, in early December. We struggled, but got through it.
Then came our first snow of the year, just a few days later. It was greeted with giddy glee by all of us. Winter had unofficially "arrived." We'd have a white Christmas. All was as it should be in Iowa in December.
Then came the second snow, and the third, and the 20th. Throw in another insidious ice storm, and ... well ...
We get it, OK? It's really, REALLY winter, already. Let's not belabor the point, Nature Lady.
Our friends at KCRG had an interesting set of stats last week:
- In the 77 days since our first winter storm, it's snowed, at least to some extent, on 40 of those days.
- Our longest snow-less period of the entire winter has been 6 days.
- We had a stretch of 5 straight snowy days in December.
Oh, we've had our fun with the frozen precip. We've been sledding on the remarkable hill at Roosevelt Middle School, plus a brief excursion in our own back yard. We've had snowball battles. We've rolled around in it, made snow angels in it, touched it to our tongues to feel the sweet bite of crystallized perfection. (Haven't made a snowman yet, but that'll be our next goal.)
Now, I think, even the kids have had enough. The snowpiles are growing ever-higher, and we've not had a significant melt in the last few weeks (and only one all winter), so most of the snow we've gotten is still here.
We're running out of places to put the stuff, and I'm close to running out of patience with the whole affair.
Maybe another sledding trip with the kids will change my dour demeanor.
C'mon, spring. We're more than ready for ya.