Finally, it is NOW beginning to look a lot like Christmas, here in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Unfortunately, it already being the New Year, 2012, Christmas isn't for another twelve months.
In normal years, the first snowfall comes around Halloween or soon thereafter, but this year the weather has been freakishly warm. A number of record-breaking warm days have come and gone, and now it's snowy. Finally. As much as I enjoyed the unseasonable warmth, I missed the snow. Everything appears to be so clean and virginal during that first snowfall. It's definitely a winter wonderland.
On the other hand, given the amount of snow that has fallen, comes the responsibility of shoveling all that white powder off of my driveway. I f*cking hate it. Last year I purchased an electric shovel, which loosely translated is a shitty undersized electric snowthrower. A perfect machine for someone with very little real estate to clear, but not very effective for someone with an expansive driveway like I have.
Now I have the misfortune of going out this afternoon/evening and clear away my driveway. So in a couple of hours, when you're reading this note, you can sit back in the warmth of your home, and bask in the glory, knowing that I'll be outside fighting off a coronary attack. I frickin' hate shoveling snow.
I do like the first snowfall though. Watching the flakes float down out of the sky. It was especially nice last year when I came home from work to find my cat, Monkey, in a panic. It was his first winter and he had a look of panic on his little face. I swear it was the look of fear, believing the world was coming to an end. Armageddon...
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