turtlenecks, coffee and fireplaces

I'm fairly certain that the weather in NC is bipolar. Especially in Eastern North Carolina. One day it's 70 degrees the next day it's snowing and I'm getting a phone call at 5:45am to tell me that work is delayed. Yes, that just happened.

There is a purpose to this blog - I'm going to force myself to find reasons to like Winter because right now, I don't...I don't like Winter at all. This morning I woke up at 5am, as usual, and knowing that snow was in the forecast, I looked outside...nothing. Nothing to make me think work would be delayed. But alas, my phone rings at 5:45 as I'm making my bed and about to pour my coffee and hit the road. Work is delayed until 10am. I can't go back to bed...so I sit and drink an entire pot of coffee while watching my Oprah DVDs because I didn't want to wake my roommates. One hour later I was buzzed. Caffeine buzzed. So I made another pot, poured another cup and hit the road. This time to go to the gym....Now I'm sitting at work and am realizing how much I hate winter. I hate it because it does things to mess up my schedule...yes, I'm type A. I like to know where I'm going and I don't like things to change...I'm working on this.

So here's the positive part of this blog (well, besides the fact that I got in a great workout):

Reasons I like Winter....
1. turtlenecks, I'd wear one everyday from November to February if possible.
2. coffee. I don't sweat when drinking it during the winter.
3. fireplaces. I love to have a nice fire burning in the winter. It just makes me smile.
4. chili (or soup). These two foods just aren't the same during the summer.
5. Christmas. I love Christmas more than anything. I love Christmas music, I love Christmas cards, I love Christmas. the end.
6. (still thinking....)

There you have it, 5, and only 5, reasons to like winter.