Well, I managed to survive the winter with all my fingers and toes* intact. As I look back over the last 9 months I've been in Minnesota, I realize there are a few things I miss:
- Chick-Fil-A
- Sonic
- Hardees
Reality Check Games (sigh, due to gross mismanagement by the new owner, this one no longers exists) - Dragon*Con (although we have a fair number of Cons up here.)
- My two teenage daughters (they'll be here for the summer... Yay!)
- 4 Seasons (not the hotel, or the restaurant, but 4 ACTUAL seasons.)
- mountains (up close and personal)
- my friends (Yes, I've made friends here, but some of my very best friends are elsewhere.)
- my family (My Dad refuses to come here... too damn cold, he says. That really sucks.)
- small town feel (It's nice up here, but it feels like one giant city... that never ends.)
Now that Spring is (supposedly) here, and things start warming up... maybe I'll get a different perspective. Damn that was one long rough winter. I got sick A LOT and it snowed A LOT.
They say it gets "hot" here, but I don't think they have the same opinion of "hot" that I do. We'll see.
*Believe it or not, this was the first winter in 5 years I didn't break a toe... they get brittle in the cold, and they snap easy.