adventures are better in the movies.

We're recovering from a large and semi-magical snowfall - the biggest in this part of Virginia in twenty years. It was about the size of the yearly snowfalls we get in Vancouver. Everything shut down - ha!

To be fair though, I wasn't prepared either - I didn't expect to encounter such weather and neglected to bring appropriate clothes, or even boots, with me on my journey. The sudden change in weather (from 16°C to below freezing) hit me hard too, because I was fighting sickness all weekend in the form of aches and pains and intense weariness. But now it is warming up again. I even went out without a coat on today! Crazy weather.

I am mostly sad that I didn't have appropriate clothing to walk to the beach in during the storm. Mr. Andrew recalls to me that the sea mist was freezing in mid-air and blowing every which way, whiting out one's entire field of vision.

I am disappointed that I will likely miss the Winter Olympics in my hometown. What a time to go traveling! It may be a horrible capitalist perversion of a most beautiful city, but damnit - at least it's interesting.

But I, I just laid in Mr. Andrew's apartment all weekend, thinking about my future. And to that I say: at least they have cheap liquor in America.


-- love, miki.