Habits Related To Weather

[ayun]

I have a snow day ritual that is sort of counterintuitive, born on a weekend in 2003 when I got stuck at a friend's house in Watertown by a snowstorm and got so stir-crazy that I borrowed a pair of Doc Martens from her and, fortified with Chambord-spiked hot chocolate, walked to Harvard Square. When I know a big storm is coming, I delay any errands

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[clevernonsense]

These winter storms make me miss Cambridge all the more, for pretty much your post's reasons.

Waltham is great at keeping things open, but there's still a mindset of just hunkering down. There are also fewer people to wander out to.

(We actually planned on going to what I assume is the same East Cambridge gathering on Friday, but the weather combined with sicknesses, combined with no parking and horrible T options made it next to impossible).

I think, if Baxter were able to be walked it would be a lot more fun. Even though we've never done it, I somehow "miss" going out and exploring with him during snow storms, it's like we're supposed to be out there.

[ayun]

The weather is doing a lot to validate all my life choices, particularly staying urban and refusing to consider jobs with significant commutes. One of the people who works for me spent three hours on her inbound commute today. I mean, I guess I would get a lot of reading done, and that would be nice, but UUUUUGGGHHHH.

It's been so much fun watching neighborhood dogs deal with the snow from our living room windows. Happy Snow Dogs are adorable. I ran into one guy with a pug the other day and told him that I was pretty sure I'd watched his dog freak the fuck out in the park the day before and he was like "Yep, THAT'S MAH BUDDY!"