Keep in mind that today is May 24, not December 24. Apparently Mother Nature isn’t aware of this or she is really pissed off. What did we do this time??
Photos: Snowstorm?!
Monday, May 24th, 2010
This is What Qualifies as an Open Road in Wyoming
Sunday, April 4th, 2010An open letter to today’s weather
Monday, November 23rd, 2009Dear Weather,
How nice that you stopped in Laramie once again during your Winter 2009 tour. I’m sure some people appreciate that, but I’m not one of them. See, a major holiday called Thanksgiving is coming up – surely you have heard of it – and my husband and I will be among the millions around the country traveling before the big day so we can spend it with family and friends.
Making it home this year is so important to me that I’m willing to compromise, even though I’d rather harm you with physical violence. Sound good? Here’s the deal. You have all the fun you want with my region of the world today, but just for today. You wreak as much havoc as you like and make everyone’s lives miserable, but only today. After that, I expect temperatures warm enough so that the roads melt in time for Thanksgiving travel. YOU WILL NOT FUCK THIS UP FOR ME, GOT IT?
Now go forth, have your fun, and then play somewhere else.
Sincerely,
Charlynn
President of Winter Haters, LLC.
Shitty Weather, Take Two
Saturday, October 10th, 2009It’s way too early for this shit
Monday, September 21st, 2009Okay, this is a bunch of crap. It’s the last day of Summer. SUMMER. But not here. Somehow, my little corner of the world didn’t get that memo and invited winter over for a little party.
I know what will happen next. Winter will hang out for a couple of days and laugh at all of us as we huddle by our heaters. Then, he’ll check on things back in the Arctic one more time before he leaves on vacation to the rest of the northern hemisphere for the next six months.
Upon Winter’s (temporary) return to the Arctic, nature will try to play the incident off. “Oh, it was just a cameo,” she will say with a nervous, embarrassed giggle. “Winter’s not here to stay.”
She always forgets to add “yet,” but I know that’s what she means. I’ve done this too many times and I am sick of these little games nature plays, as if this is an episode of “Bloopers and Practical Jokes” and it’s all a silly, lighthearted prank. No, it isn’t. It’s nature’s way of kicking Sunmer down to Australia and reveling in my misery as I shiver my way from class to class and try to keep limbs just warm enough so they don’t fall off. I hate it, it’s horrible and winter can suck my frozen ass. I’m not ready for this shit again.
Rain!
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Most of you are probably thinking that I’m a dumbass for blogging about rain – and you’re probably right – but where I live, we’ve had snowstorm after snowstorm after snowstorm over the last couple of weeks. Rain feels like the second coming in comparison.
Keep in mind that the constant snow was a major mind-fuck since we had delightful springy weather in early March. Shitty changes in weather like this are nature’s way of expressing its hatred of Wyoming: we get a taste of spring, and then Mother Nature says, “WHAM! AHAHAHAHAHA! Fuck you, morons! Winter’s not through with you yet!”
So after everyone’s case of spring fever was slapped in the face, shoved in the corner and told to shut up or die, the idea of seeing warmer days was subdued…until today. Rain is a huge step in the right direction. Finally. Besides, rain is awesome. Its scent is refreshing and its sound is soothing. And it beats the pants off of seeing more of this stuff:
Yes, rain. What’s not to love?
