it all begins on the 14th of december

there's been snow on the ground for three days in a row now. i'm becoming accustomed to a numbed chin, the sensation of defrosting upon entering a building, the half-hour it takes to move my car from one side of the street to the other, and the care i must take to walk on icy patches of sidewalk.

it's beginning to look a lot like i'll be in texas for christmas!