Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder...

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Every year it does this. It starts cold as can be at the end of November. The windshields are frosted every morning, the warmth from the heater taking its dear sweet time to reach my hands on the steering wheel. The long cold march out the doors after lessons, not quite soaking wet but enough that the wind cuts through my clothes and down to my prickly skin. The promise of a December worth enjoying always comes strong and early. Even snow, no matter how short its life is on the soggy ground is, perks me up and brings hope.

But then the rain comes. It's endless at times. I don't mind the rain. In fact I rather enjoy it, the sound of it tinkling across the window panes of my apartment, or the rushing sound as I kill the engine of my car in a parking lot. The droning hum gives way to the ratta-tat-tat of liquid on the roof. But I'm torn. Love the rain as I do during the spring and summer, it holds no place in my heart during the winter.

Winter's the time for snow, and copious amounts of it. Nothing softens my heart and brings a little pep to my step like and endless blanket of snow, muffling and illuminating all at once. The crunch of it beneath your heel, the way it tumbles out of the seas of gray above, how it sticks to your hair...there's just something in it that feels so uplifting. SAD be damned, it's my cure.

I found myself grinning like a Cheshire cat when it snowed on my way to work last week. Nothing could bring me down. Nothing could shatter what I felt inside my head and heart. I can into this month motivated, like a crack fiend looking to score, now I'm feeling just kinda bleh. A number of things are on my mind which need to be tended to.

A number of things that need dealt with.

But I can't seem to push the sloth off. Maybe I'll do better after a swim, I dunno.

It's just a damn shame. All this rain could be snow.

Then again, all the lame crap in life could be awesome.

I need to find a win-win.