Wintry Christmas fun

I'm still working to post stuff from last June, but I feel the urge to blog about stuff right now before I forget all of it!  Don't mind if things are completely out of order!

This past week has been rough for me.  Almost immediately after returning to West Jordan on Monday from a lovely long Thanksgiving weekend it started snowing.  "Snow" in my vocabulary is equated to "nasty white crap," but it was a bit exciting because it actually started feeling like Christmas for me!  Well anyway, snow + rear wheel drive + Salt Lake traffic + apartment complex not plowing parking lot = not fun.

Oh yes, and I haven't driven in snow for nearly two years.  Yes yes, I'm a poor girl who got to live in Hawai'i for a year, but seriously, I forgot how to do it!  Today I drove to church and totally spun out and ran into the curb with some guy from the ward behind me watching the whole time.  I actually thought that bit was hilarious, and was totally chuckling to myself the whole time walking up to the church building (amidst my mutterings of "winter sucks," and "I hate winter").  I've decided the whole root of my not liking snow is because of how it affects my driving, and all of the butterfly effects of that.  Here is a flow chart for you!

Snow --> worse traffic --> drive slower --> need to leave earlier for work --> less sleep --> earlier bedtime

Ugh, you get the picture.  Other than that, I don't really care that much.  I mean, I can deal with the occasional wet foot, or shoveling the sidewalk.  Besides, I forgot how much I enjoy kicking off the collection of road debris and icicles that collect under your car when the road is slushy!  (I'm being totally serious.  Is that weird?)  So I'm ashamed, because I actually had my Christmas tree up before Thanksgiving this year!  I can only justify this because I was down in Cedar City for five days, and also I was bored the Sunday before Thanksgiving.

My mom got me started on the Utah Utes theme by sending me all kinds of fun ornaments when I was out in Omaha, and I've continued the tradition with some additional fun items.  I have to admit, it's been really nice to experience the change in season and the colder weather.  I feel like if Hawai'i was a permanent thing for me, I would get very confused, and the seasons would just completely blend together.  Not to mention I have rekindled my love for hot chocolate and sleeping under a pile of blankets!  Besides, what better excuse is there to spend your weekend staying at home, in your pajamas, curled up watching movies or reading a book in front of a heat dish?