Posted March 7th, 2003 by Michelle

I keep wondering who is going to take the initative to shovel our steps and sidewalk. Since this is about the three hudredth snow storm this winter, and our stretch is the only one on the block that stays white until it melts, I guess the answer is no one. I guess maybe it should be our landlord, or maybe there should be someone designated. I wouldn’t mind if it was me, but I don’t yet have a shovel. And it reminds me that I am living in a very young building, lots of early twenty-somethings who still enjoy singing along to Bon Jovi (and meaning it, or so it sounded like at the most recent house party above my head. I quite literally put in ear plugs and chanted in Sanskrit and could not fall asleep for the literal shaking of my walls.) Reminds me also that, as much as I dread it, I will move again come next fall. I just don’t belong in a building like this. Unless… of course… I can afford the lovely garden apartment in the basement… mmm…

Here’s the thing. We have ANOTHER snow storm coming. Yep, this Tuesday we will yet again be lathered in cold whiteness. All I want in life, right now, is to be able to ride my bike in warm sunshine. That’s all I want. Umm. Okay, I want a few more things, but that would sure as heck be a start.