As I write this, the late January temperatures in Wisconsin are rapidly dropping from a balmy 42 degrees to a snow-inducing 32, and it's supposed to sink down to -3 by midnight. During the temperature drop, we can expect lovely things like rain, thunderstorms, high winds and finally a blizzard. All in one day. Such is the weather in Wisconsin where it can go from spring to winter in 24 hours. And I am really sick of winter. Really. Really. Sick of it.
Now, I've lived in Wisconsin since I was 6 (born in Stillwater, Oklahoma), so I know what I'm getting into each year (much unlike my co-worker, John, who moved to Wisconsin from Mississippi two years ago. Needless to say he was shocked that people actually survive Wisconsin winters and that there really is something called "thunder snow."). Just the same, by this time of year, which I like to call "Janu-Feb," I begin to feel like I cannot possibly stand another day filled with nostril-freezing temperatures and ruin-my-cute-shoes snow.
What makes it even harder to endure is the fact that I am writing our spring issues of Healthy Cooking and Simple & Delicious. All day I stare at beautiful photos of food made with garden-fresh produce and write things like "These easy recipes get you out of the kitchen and into the warm weather," just to be reminded that I have months to go before I will actually see garden-fresh produce or feel a hint of warm weather.
Well, at least the sun was shining yesterday.