My Vitriol
Every morning, I walk to the gym which is about 12 minutes away. 15 minutes, if you count the time that I need to avoid the ice in order to not fall flat on my face and crack my precious head open. and every morning, I think to myself, "what the hell is this? why do I live here? I don't see anyone smiling and enjoying the 'four seasons' of Chicago. This sucks. I need to get the hell out of here as fast as possible. Oh my god, my face feels like it is going to FALL OFF!"
I have a news flash for all those poor poor souls who grew up in the midwest, or on the east coast: Life does not have to be this painful suffering, every year, for 4 long miserable months. I know it's hard to imagine living in a place with *perfect* weather but I come from a place that has beautiful sunny warm perfect weather, all year round. It hardly even rains. I WANT TO GO BACK THERE.
On the way back from the gym, when I thought the sweat from my workout was going to turn into icicles and that my eyeballs were going to freeze right out of my head... I saw a young kid walking with his mother... and then suddenly, he started crying! Do you know why he was crying? BECAUSE IT WAS SO COLD. His mom had to stop and wrap him back up in his hat and scarf. I share his indignity!! I am not going to raise my children here. or anywhere that gets this awfully ridiculously miserably cold.
The high for today, by the way, is going to be 18 degrees. fahrenheit. and that's without windchill. Even Boston can't beat that...
I have a news flash for all those poor poor souls who grew up in the midwest, or on the east coast: Life does not have to be this painful suffering, every year, for 4 long miserable months. I know it's hard to imagine living in a place with *perfect* weather but I come from a place that has beautiful sunny warm perfect weather, all year round. It hardly even rains. I WANT TO GO BACK THERE.
On the way back from the gym, when I thought the sweat from my workout was going to turn into icicles and that my eyeballs were going to freeze right out of my head... I saw a young kid walking with his mother... and then suddenly, he started crying! Do you know why he was crying? BECAUSE IT WAS SO COLD. His mom had to stop and wrap him back up in his hat and scarf. I share his indignity!! I am not going to raise my children here. or anywhere that gets this awfully ridiculously miserably cold.
The high for today, by the way, is going to be 18 degrees. fahrenheit. and that's without windchill. Even Boston can't beat that...
posted by Vivian | 9:52 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home