I can't do it anymore. I just can't. This winter has been absolutely brutal. The amount of snow and bitter cold has me at my breaking point. I don't know how the people in the MidWest are surviving - they have just piles upon piles of snow on the ground.
I am thankful that these next couple of days will be warm enough (and by warm, I mean in the 40's, although tomorrow is supposed to be in the 50's!!) with rain to melt some of this crap.
Do NOT get me started on the pothole situation in Philadelphia.
Having phenomenal foresight (or just already sick of winter on 2 Jan since Christmas was over) I called up one of my dear friends from college who moved to FL last year for her husband's job, and asked if she was up for a visitor in February. She was, and we settled on a long weekend when I could come down, which would also be around her birthday and her son's birthday. Bonus!
When I tell you I couldn't have planned it better if I tried, I really couldn't have. I left last Wednesday morning, and a Nor'easter blew in that night. So, instead of seeing snow for 4 days, I saw this --
I took this on my run - I haven't been able to run outside in months, so when I was on my way back, I ran up to the beach and took a few shots.
(sigh) Heaven.
I almost stayed down there. It was soooo difficult for me to come back to a "feels like" temperature of 17 degrees, when I left it was 68.
I also want this to be my Starbucks, since in my mind, they have these pretty purple flowers all year long.
One day, we went to Universal Studios, which has a Margaritaville outside the park at the City Walk. Natch, I had to take a pic of something at Margaritaville, so I settled on this, which was a tiki bar outside the restaurant ~~
"There was this one particular harbor...."
And, of course, the nerd that I am, I HADDDDDD to visit Harry Potter world....
If seeing Hogwarts Castle doesn't make you want to be a freaking witch/wizard, I don't know what will.
"Something wicked this way comes......"
Looking back through these pics is keeping me somewhat grounded this week, as I hope for warmer weather STAT, but know that we have a loooong way to go yet.....
How are you all keeping sane this winter?? Are you stitching? Are you scrapping?? Drinking???? ;-)
