The hubby had the day off today so we finished up some Christmas shopping. Despite the cold weather yesterday, today was a bit warmer though the early morning commuters still had a two hour delay going into work. Seems like more cold weather is on the way and we may get some flurries or more either Saturday night or on Sunday. I’m hoping to have some serious snow time if only for a few hours. Growing up on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean didn’t give me much opportunity to see or play with snow. Despite what people might think, it does snow in Hawaii on Mauna Kea. I have gone up there a few times as a child and not had very fun experiences mostly because of the altitude and the hard snow.
Other times I’ve experienced snow was when I was very young on a trip to California where some relatives took us to Big Bear, I think. I have pictures of myself in the snow and the only tangible memory I have is when I saw a snowman for the very first time and I cried. Yes, it scared me but you have to remember that I hadn’t seen anything like that before and I was probably 3-4 years old at the time. It also snowed a few times in Las Vegas, mostly flurries, though one year it snowed enough on a Sunday morning for it to stick around until noon.
While I’m sure after hearing stories from people who have lived through snowy weather that I wouldn’t want to live anywhere like that, I’d still like to have a little snow. But when you grow up reading books or watching movies or television about what a “perfect” American Christmas is, then you realize where I’m coming from. Yes, I’ve seen all those Norman Rockwell Christmas pictures and maybe I’d like to experience that perfect American Christmas too. So let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.