Thank the Lord...it's finally Friday. I don't know about anyone else, but this week couldn't have gone any slower if it tried. I've thought it was Friday since about Tuesday. I'm looking forward to a quiet and relaxing weekend and no school next week! That means no remote learning, which means no epic 6 year old meltdowns over every little thing school related. Too bad that won't turn off all the other fits.
Monday we'll celebrate Daniel turning 9 and then a day or two later, it's off to Iowa for more birthday celebrations and Thanksgiving.
I'm kind of hoping it'll decide to snow while we're there. I haven't even looked at the weather, but I could go for a beautiful snowfall right about now. I want the big flakes that fall in slow motion. A Hallmark snow, if you will.
All of my Iowa friends are cursing me right now for saying the "s" word, I'm sure.
The funny this is, I really hated winter for the longest time. It wasn't until I moved to Illinois that I started to love it. Even then, it wasn't until after I had kids. I like to say that James broke my internal thermostat. I was hot my whole pregnancy with both of them, but after having James my body never reset to factory settings. I usually don't even have a winter coat on until is below freezing unless I'm going to be outside for awhile. I don't even think about wearing one into a store usually, because I'll die from a hot flash.
Central Illinois winters are far milder than Eastern Iowa winters, that's for sure. The first year I lived here everyone was freaking out about 2 inches of snow, and I'm kind of over here like...um okay...? It generally doesn't get as cold. We've had some pretty cold snaps a few of the years that I've been here though. We for sure get less snow. Maybe that's why I get so excited when I see it in the forecast. The ONE time Taylorville got a MASSIVE snow, I was in Iowa and it didn't snow at all there. By the time I came home the next day it was almost all melted.
Ice I could live without. And I'm thankful I don't have to drive far in the snow. I'd probably hate it a lot more if I did.
I'd just like a snowy winter. There. I said it. (And now it probably won't snow at all.)
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