Snow in the City

Man, do I have the post-vacation blahs. Last week I was utterly useless, and things don't seem to be getting too much better this week, to tell the truth! It snowed here yesterday, which really added to the blah-ness, since our city is completely ridiculous with calling a snow ban as of 7am yesterday. When there is a snow ban, there are no people out and about except the plow drivers who are drooling at the prospect of making money! We only got about 4 or so inches of snow - slushy snow. In Michigan where I grew up 4 inches of snow is called a beautiful summertime day!

It's really a funny phenomenon here in Massachusetts. ANY snow storm whatsoever, and the meteorologists are on TV 24 hours a day calling it the "Storm of the Century" or "Giant Blizzard" or some other panic-inducing name. That cues everyone to immediately run to the grocery store and buy milk, toilet paper and bread. I'm not KIDDING!! It's quite the scene! I want to run around screaming "This is NEW ENGLAND! We are supposed to have snow in the winter!" It's really quite bizarro.

The snow storm we got before this one never even materialized; we literally didn't get more than a few pitiful flakes. However, instead of maybe waiting for any sign of the white stuff, the city prematurely called a snow ban, which means you are not allowed to park on any of the streets. Now, this may not seem like a problem if you live in other parts of the country where they have these weird things called driveways or garages. We New England people do not have these luxurious driveways or garages! We are tough and park on the street! So, that means during the snow bans, people have to park in the few areas the city lets them, and then they have to shuffle all the way back to their homes and this causes much distress. New Englanders LOVE to complain, so there is even now a Facebook page dedicated to complaining about this very subject! Oh, how people crack me up!

There are two critters here not only VERY happy that their mom and dad have returned from their vacation, but also VERY happy about the snow! Their love of the white, fluffy crap makes winter almost bearable!