It’s finally snowing
After the staff meeting today, I went outside to verify that my car didn’t have a parking ticket since I’d left it in front of the building all day (I figured it was a holiday so they wouldn’t ticket me, which they didn’t) and it had just started snowing. When I checked later from the apartment window and couldn’t see any snow, I thought it was just another fluke of Indiana weather, and it had stopped. As such, it was a pleasant surprise to see that it was still snowing when I left to take Angela to work, and quite hard, too. The flakes are just small enough that it’s hard to see them from the apartment window without a good light for a backdrop.
For those who don’t know, I love winter, and especially snow. I grew up in the northern parts of the midwest, particularly around Chicago and Cleveland where one encounters lake effects, so my winters were always snow-filled. So not having had any sticking snow until now has been really annoying. I just hope it lasts a while.
In sadder news, my mom put our cat Phantom down. He was eighteen years old and his health had been deteriorating for a while; when I saw him over Christmas he looked almost zombie-esque due to clumps of fur falling out, and he hasn’t been able to walk very well for the better part of this past year, at least, so I understand why and think she did the right thing. At the same time I grew up with him and will miss him.
Goodbye, friend.
