The Symphony of Snow

Alright all you snow haters, I have to confess, I love snow. I love to see it falling, lighting up the night. I love to feel the safety blanket it lays over the city. I love how it gathers light, making ordinary things more beautiful. I even like driving in it, at least on small roads with no other cars around. Untouched snow - innocence. And snow with footprints and bike tire tracks and the remnants of a snow angel - the beauty of human experience, how we mold and change because of the influence of one another, reflected right there in the snow. And it melts; like other good things, it passes away, leaving us with memories, teaching us to treasure.

It took me four snowy winters  to come to this realization. I mean, how's a girl to know when every complaint is about the wretched snow. I almost thought I hated it just because every else talks about how much they hate it. I do absolutely hate being cold, and that is why I chose to be born during this modern time of electric blankets and hot running water, so I could enjoy the symphony of snow and only be cold a little bit. Rejoice, there is snow.

Blanket Electric

Last night I fell asleep on the floor with my electric blanket wrapped around me. Let me tell you, if you live in the snowy mountains and you don't have an electric blanket, it is time to invest. Electric blankets are the bomb.com. Hate how cold it is when you get out of the shower? Suffering from wet-sports-bra syndrome after a run? Not want to get out of bed in the morning? Electric blankets are better than all space heaters combined. The truth of the truth is that my Vegas native mother bought me the blanket when I first moved to Utah, and I didn't use it for three years. That's right boys and girls, three years. I finally opened it when it got below zero, yes, beellooow zzeerroo for multiple weeks, not days, weeks, in a row. Honestly that electric blanket saved my life, and my roommates' too because they probs would have died from how much I would have complained about how cold I was. Now I use it basically every day and try to force every and all visitors to try it out too. Believe me, it's a dream. Warning, if you come over to my place, we might force feed you oreos, wrap you in the blanket E, convince you to play Dixit, and probably send you home with dinner.