Dear November Snowfall

Even though I'm not excited to drive with you on the ground, I am anxious to get on the slopes and try out snowboarding again.

In this instance, I prefer to look for the silver lining (snow = snowboarding) rather than focus on the opposition (snow = driving nightmare).

Dear President Elect Obama,

Yes we can...and will...because we did.

Dear Halloween,

Hands down TA is the best place for a costume contest. Where else can you wear a sweatsuit to work and get away with it?

The $60 we won was worth the lunch hour spent spray painting cardboard and discussing choreography for a minute and a half skit which involved real tetris music, marching, falling into place and a quick "up, down, wave, wave, turn, turn" sequence.

Trust me, it was a hit.

Dear Skycoaster at Lagoon,

150-foot drop.
I conquered you and it was AMAZING!!
Thank you sister dearest for the free pass.
Thank you brother dearest for sharing the moment of sheer terror with me.

Dear Steep & Cheap,

You were my ray of sunshine on my cloudy day when I received this in the mail at work:

I am now ready for any nighttime activity with my Princeton Tec Aurora LED Headlamp. And, yes I've worn you intermittently throughout the day just to cheer me up.

Dear Lemons,

Even though life gives me lots of you, what if I don't want to make freaking lemonade?

Sincerely,
Very much aware of her much needed attitude adjustment but in denial

Dear camping in the bitter cold,

Per weather.com, I'm in for some not-so-warm-and-toasty camp fire moments this weekend...that is, of course, if I decide to go.

Is getting out in the great outdoors really worth being wet, cold and miserable? I don't think people intentionally go camping in the snow - unless you are Bear Grylls (and have no choice) or live in Alaska or the Antarctic or some other wintry, icy, snowy geographical location.

The only upside to camping in freezing temperatures would be that I could catch cold, get incredibly sick and then be able to legitimately take a sick day on Monday.

Decisions. Decisions.

Sincerely,
Prefers staying dry but willing to try anything once to at least say "I tried!"