lady_sarai

Hmmm--I had a Thought. I am sick of snow. Sick to death of the cold and the wet and the back-breaking shoveling and the snow that melts and then freezes and then gets covered in more snow and causes accidents and when the driveway ends up a skating rink so I slide *under* the car when unloading groceries and waiting to see if there will be a delay or snow day and having to rearrange lesson plans and sliding across the street and through red lights because of icky road conditions and not being able to see over and around the snow banks so you have to be careful you don't take the front off cars trying to edge into the road...

Ahem. Right, so--can you tell how I feel about snow and winter now?

In any case... you know what might make me feel slightly better about the snow and this insane winter we're having?

Fics!

Yeah, this is a cleverly disguised woe-is-me-begging-for-fic post. ;)

But really! It might be fun! Because here's a twist--the fics? Could have snow.

Insane, yes.

But think of it. As long as the characters aren't waxing poetic about the glory and beauty of the peacefully falling snow, I will be *thrilled.* Hell, someone *could* be doing that--and another character could want to decapitate them with a shovel! ;) Think about patrol during a snowstorm--that would suck. When the city loses power because of ice and snow--there are always lots of crime to stop! Also, accidents and stupid people to rescue.

And there is *always* the ever popular stuck-in-a-snowstorm-huddling-in-a-Cave-or-abandoned-building-for-warmth cliche, which would be fun to see done well. ;) (And everyone on my flist writes well! Heee!)

So--I think there should be lots and lots of fics about snow. Because I'm tired of winter and reading about my favorite characters dealing with wet socks and broken shovels and getting sick and being snowed in--would be *awesome.*

It would also help me with the Really Rough Week I've had. ::is cute and pathetic::

I don't know if I should use an incredulous, overjoyed or "wtf" icon for this. I think it's time for my icon of shock and awe.

But! ::CLINGS to the internet and to POWER!!!!::

So, we got hit with a snowstorm, right? Yeah, about 14" of snow later... It's April 5th, Mother Nature. COME ON.

But the most fantastic part is how we lost power at 2 am and only got it back at 10 am--8 hours without power. The temperature inside got down to 64 degrees. I am sitting here in two sweatshirts and huddles under three blankets, because it takes awhile for the furnace to kick in.

This is not the most... *interesting* thing caused by the storm.

It's not even how my brother managed to get my mom's minivan out of the driveway and then got HIS car stuck in the snowbank so I had to go help him dig himself out and then PUSH the damn thing (despite how he had absolutely no good reason for needing to leave the house).

It's more that at 2 this morning A TREE FELL ON OUR HOUSE.

Fortunately, it's sort of... leaning against it, instead of slamming THROUGH the house. THANK GOD.

( No, seriously. Tree. On my house. Pictures! )

So... oi.

Yesterday the only snow in our lawn was where the snowbanks hadn't melted yet. The grass was turning green. >_<

I suppose we should do something about THE TREE ON OUR HOUSE, but I have no idea WHAT to do.

Who do you call in this situation? Oi.

BUT WE HAVE POWER!!!! YAY! (We very, VERY rarely lose power where we live, and it's almost never for *that* long.)