Woke up this morning to a thin coating of very wet snow. It will all melt off with the dawn, I'm sure, but still nice to look out the window and see the whiteness. Very clean and comforting.
It's amazing how much friendlier I feel toward snow now that I don't have to commute in it.
It is mid January and we still haven't gotten any more than a dusting of snow this winter. I bought new boots and haven't needed them yet. Have the snow shovel poised by the back door and haven't used it yet. Haven't even dug my winter gloves and coat out yet. Just making due with a jacket and some of those dollar-store handwarmers. The lawn is almost green and looks like it could maybe use a mow. The robins haven't left yet. How weird is this? And yet an hour away, Buffalo got hammered with incredible amounts of snow.
I feel like we're in a golden bubble. Or we've won the Climate Change lottery. I just hope my garlic doesn't start growing too early.
I'm glued to the TV, watching the bizarro struggle going on in the U.S. House of Representatives over the last few days. I almost find myself watching for white smoke to come out the window, announcing a consensus has been reached.
When we kids were small, Mom's edict was that if you couldn't share something nicely, nobody got it. I wonder what would happen if someone -- who? -- stood up and said the same thing in the House. If you can't come together and work it out, we're shutting you down. Vote of no confidence. Set in motion a new election for all of you. None of you might get back in here again. Including the twenty entrenched people who are apparently trying to hold the country hostage. Or -- what if they instituted a two-person, bi-partisan leadership? Or brought in an arbitrator like they do with union negotiations?
Is it a matter of McCarthy truly thinking he's the best and only choice for the good of the country? Is it just hubris or does he have a case? If he eventually wins, wouldn't it feel like returning to the office after winning a wrongful dismissal suit? Personally, I wouldn't want to go to work every day knowing that half of my colleagues didn't want me there.
I have no idea how this will end up.
