In Quebec, snow and cold are just part of the everyday
winter. I almost die of laughter when I read the blogs of those in hotter
places complaining of the cold of their winters!! Ya..Take -30 degrees with a windshield
adding up to -40 and be outside doing winter sports in it.
And actually I am not complaining as I love having
various seasons like this. I cannot picture myself not having 4 diverse seasons
like we do-it is actually quite beautiful. So on, most days I am not a
complainer about cold or winter. I also adore summer and spring for the promise
of summer. I adore Fall foliage more than most anything.
But all winter long even from my Canadian colleagues etc.
all I hear are complaints about the weather. It’s annoying. Buy a warm coat and
hat now people! Go for it! Most people even
hibernate all winter which is such a loss.. There are so many amazing outside
sports to do and if you are dressed for it you are fine.
Long johns, down coats, good snowsuits, thermal socks
with batteries etc (our three kids got this last year from us for xmas and is the best gift in the world for
kids who are on the mountain 8 hrs a day on weekends)We don’t complain much
about weather and certainly not on weekends.
In the week it is a pain in the ass for sure-but part of getting the four seasons.
That being said I walked out of work later Tuesday
evening around 7:30pm and I opened my mouth to breath and my teeth were chilled
to the bone and cold for real-it was then and there that I said (almost aloud) “Are
we f…in crazy to live in this?” That same day I spent another 30 mins scraping
ice off my van.
People lives in warmer climates must be so much easier –no
shovelling, no ice storms, no taking and extra 30 mins every morning to clean
both cars. The second time in the week my teeth froze I thought the same “what
the hell am I doing here?”
But today I am reminded again. Cozy at cottage in front
of fire preparing lunch before we go cross country and and then back to the
house on the 4-4 to clear the skating rink on the lake. The three kids are all
at the mountain since 7:45am. Today is the big dayChase starts officially the
job with scheduled groups etc (we will see about that if it actually happens!),
Bear starts his pre-monitor course in prep to be a monitor next season and
Beauty continues her ski training competitions and the actual big competitions
are next weekend. They all have their cold feet in their cozy thermal heated
battery operated socks and hot pads in their gloves. Layers of sweaters and down
coats.They will come home so so cold-but very fulfilled with rosy cheeks.
Winter is really disaster in so many ways but also so breathtakingly
beautiful and was whole lot of fun if you can get into the spirit of it. And I guess
that freezing teeth are just part of the overall charm!
So what do you think? Are we crazy?
