Winter is (already) Here...

All I could say is "no...no, no, noooo...this is not allowed." This was my initial, completely unhindered, reaction to the sight of this year's first snow. That's right, it is only the middle of October, and there has already been snow on the ground. And the worst part, it stuck!! It wasn't a passing whim of the weather gods, oh no, this snow hung around for a while. And then it snowed again and again and again, for a total of at least a handful of times over the past 3 days. RIDICULOUS!!! I'm sorry but where I come from winter does not begin before December, and maybe if there's a fluke it could happen that there's a cold day here or there in November. But honestly, snow in October??!! No thank you!! Take it back!!

I was enjoying the pleasant cool of fall, and losing myself in nature's fiery colors just a week ago. And now here I am, with a sinus cold, holed up in my room for two days straight, avoiding the frigid chill that awaits me just on the otherside of my window at all costs. I repeat this is NOT okay!!! I want the sun back, and the clear blue skies and the bright oranges and yellows and reds of fall!!

And I think what makes this premature winter even more unbearable is that I had recently been told that winter usually starts, at the earliest, in mid-November, and often times snow won't be seen until after Christmas. But of course the year I am here, I arrive to endure two months of the coldest and most drawn-out winters in years, and will most likely leave having just endured three more months of one just like it. I'm sorry but this sucks ass. I mean I do not consider myself a weather wimp, and I infact like having all four seasons, BUT there is a limit (so I have learned from my year here in Munich). I need nice weather, which I define was clear skies and sun, regardless of tempature, for at the very least half the year. Don't get me wrong, I like snowmen and hot chocolate just as much as the next gal, but judging from this past February and March, it's not worth three straight months of bone-chilling weather.

Okay I will stop crying myself a river, but I had to get it out. Now I can work on accepting the "what is" of the situation and moving on with life. In fact, I believe that a solution is already presenting itself. What does one do when faced with such a situation?...why fly south of course!! Roma here I come!!