Well I know it's just a spring haze

As much as snow can look gorgeous, I don't want the cold. It has been way too cold for about a week now and I need the warmth. Though I would also love if we'd have another Elfstedentocht, because we haven't had one since 1997 and it's always such an event. Shame you need ice and cold for it.

But damn I am cold and in about an hour I have to go outside again and face the cold because work is calling. Do. Not. Want.

Winter in The Netherlands means:

1. On the first real day of winter, we run out of salt for the roads. Like last winter didn't have the same issues...Funny things is, three weeks ago they said they were well prepared for this winter. Yeah. Absolutely.

2. A bike ride that normally takes 10 minutes, now takes 45 minutes. Which basically means you can listen to a full Adele album, for example.

3. Bikes are not important. Roads get cleared from snow, cycle lanes not so much. Especially when there is almost no salt anymore, then cars go before bikes. WHICH IS ANNOYING BEYOND WORDS!

4. The Dutch railway organization held a winter test last autumn, when there was no snow. They said they were ready for winter. First drop of snow and everything became a chaos and still is. Electric sign boards won't work due to the cold. Trains won't ride because rails are frozen. Amazing really.

It's a good thing I don't have to go out and go to work. Because otherwise I'd been so pissed. Because it would mean getting up and hour early each day in order to get to work in time. I just hope that by the time I have to go back to work, there will be salt again, cycle lanes will be clear etc...Otherwise it's going to be a long, long winter...

So not in the mood to go to work tomorrow! Have even considered faking an illness and call in sick, but I'm a good girl so won't do that. Besides that, they'll start working on the street outside my house tomorrow, so will be noisy anyway I think.
But ugh...just don't want to get up early in the morning tomorrow when it's still dark and oh so cold. Though...I did buy an awesome scarf the other day which I could wear.
But yeah...winter mornings are not my kind of mornings. Feels like waking up in the middle of the night which is just beyond unnatural really.

And of course some kind of panic creeped upon me this evening. The feeling that creeps into your stomach and makes you feel all fearful and panicky. And it won't go away and it doesn't make sense either. Stupid, stupid.

ALSO! I know no one really cares, but my Tori website can now also be reached through the domain http://toriamos.eu. Also added a blog to the site for my random Tori musings which I might just post there from time to time. [/end of random]

What the serious fuck? Last week...well, actually, just a few days ago it was nice, sunny and warm outside. Like...24 degrees Celsius warm. Today...rain, non-stop rain and temperatures reached a high (low!) of 7 degrees Celsius! WTF?!!! Like...really?! I've got two weeks off and I get rained on the entire two weeks? Cold temperatures? Where's Spring? Will Winter ever stop? Ever, ever??? This is like a horror nightmare that will never stop. 2010 will be the coldest year in my history, what the fuck! Like...4 days of nice temperatures so far...I'm going to cry. I'm so ready to move to a country with normal seasons. Where Spring means warm, sunny weather. Not rain and cold!