madkat_kelsey

As anyone watching the weather channel knows, the midwest/east coast/ EVERYWHERE is getting hit with a bunch of snow.  Now, I'm typically known as the one crazy person that actually likes this stuff, and the cooler temperatures that come with it (to a certain extent).  However, there are some things I HATE about snow/winter, and some days I wonder if I should just swear off it all together and move to Florida sooner than I planned.  I've decided to come up with a useless pros and cons list for snow...

Pros

-It's pretty.  It makes everything it touches look awesome!
-Your garage turns into a walk-in refrigerator.  Woo, extra storage space!
-EXPLORATION!  Because when you're the only one in your neighborhood that likes walking in snow, you don't have to worry about kids doing drugs in your woods.  IT ALL BELONGS TO YOU!
-You can't get lost while exploring because you leave these handy tracks everywhere.
-And speaking of tracks, it's easier to follow animal footprints for the heck of it.
-Said animals are easier to spot.  Unless it's a barn or snowy owl, in which case they just jump out at you out of nowhere or sit there laughing at you going "Haha, you can't see me!"
-Icicles!  They also look pretty.
-Photography!  No explanation needed.

Cons

-Makes it harder to eat healthy.  Because who wants something cold like a salad or cup of fruit after coming in from a windchill that makes it feel like it's minus 20?  No, you're going for the hottest thing possible, and that usually means it's bad for you.
-Shoveling that damn driveway.
-Shoveling that damn driveway AGAIN because it snowed again.  Sometimes you have to do it over right after you just finished it.
-Whether you or your car gets to school/work in one living piece depends not on your driving skills, but how well the roads have been cleared and/or the presence of evil black ice.  I hate that stuff.  It sneaks up on you and goes "HAHA!  I'm invisible and I'm going to kill you! "
-That feeling that a million little animals are trying to bite your face off.  :(
-Snow drifts.  One minute you're walking through the forest being awesome, and the next you've fallen into a pit of snow up to your chest.  Good luck climbing out while the birds laugh at you.
-Foggy camera lenses. :(
-Foggy glasses.
-The possibility that you could get ironically eaten by starving coyotes while exploring. D8

So, snow seems to primarily offer pretty things, fun, cold, and DEATH.  Damn my fascination with wandering aimlessly through the woods.  It appears to be taking over my survival instincts. >.>