Slipping and falling on hidden ice
Walking a dog that has to sniff everything and then pulling him and feeling like a jerk about it
Coming home to a dank puddle of filth in the front hall from the dirty snow
Dropping hat and/or gloves in said dank puddle
Stepping in said dank puddle in socks while changing out of boots
Driving around with another dank puddle in the car
Constantly brushing up against the salty crust on the car while wearing a black puffer coat
Hands that have dry spots that hurt
Cracked fingertips that ache and the cracks just get deeper and deeper
Feet that by the end of the day are somehow both cold and sweaty
Pot holes that feel like a personal attack and make your bones hurt
Drivers who don't brush the snow off the top of their cars and so it blows right in your face as you drive
Having to pull over to let another car pass on the street because the streets are half as wide due to snow and then getting stuck in the snow
Getting stuck and smelling burning rubber as you try in vain to get out, only digging yourself deeper and deeper and then getting sweaty in your winter clothes as you get more and more frustrated
The smell of wet boots
Bundling a small person up in winter gear for a two-second trip outside before you try and smash him and all his winter gear into his carseat, all just to avoid a disapproving word from some stranger who assumes that if he doesn't have his mittens on for two seconds he will instantly die
Darkness everywhere, except for when it is sunny and the glare bounces off everything and makes it impossible to drive and you squint and can feel your crows feet deepening
Cleaning your windshield over and over again to try to defeat the ever-accumulating road shit mist
A lake wind so strong it knocks the hood off your head as a personal f-you
The concern that you may murder everyone you live with if you don't get out of the house immediately, but what to do?
Knowing there is nothing to do about it and so complaining is a completely impotent move
The feeling that nothing has changed since December and may never change again
Teme
Relate!
I hate it when the sky and ground are the same color, forming one cold, monochromatic tableau, day after day, month after month. It makes me cranky, cold and claustrophobic.
Meg
Getting fully bundled and then realizing you forgot something that is more than one step away from the front door, thus requiring removing boots to go get it, lest the sand/slush/grit/gross encroach even further into your living space.
Matt
The huge black mounds of soot-covered snow at every street corner, and as they slowly melt they disgorge a bounty of cigarette butts, candy wrappers, and other assorted street detritus.
Elizabeth
We had a snowstorm like 2 weeks ago, and it was really wet snow. It hardened on the roads so that no plow could remove it. Since then, it hasn't been above maybe 9 degrees, so it can't melt. Salt doesn't help - I think they can't put it down anyway under a certain temp. Your car has to travel in grooves that have been made in the ice by cars over the weeks. It gets thrown around like a rag doll. Then, if you're at a stop sign, it takes forever to get your tires to catch, and if you're 3 back in the line, you probably miss the light. You have to try to get one tire on a patch of pavement if you're lucky enough to see one, or just keep your car going forward really slowly so you don't have to stop. Now today it's snowing again, so we'll have some cool new slipping powder to ease sliding around in the grooves or past your turn. Winter driving is the worst thing in the friggin' world. Everyone just thinks they're awesome and they can drive 60 mph on ice. That is what I hate. I don't mind the rest of winter at all, but I'm so tired of driving in fear that I might die on this ride home or to work.