For us drivers, it might possibly mean waking up fifteen minutes early to heat up our cars in hopes of obliterating the inches of frost on the windshield and wind and getting the fannywarmers (as my mom would call them) nice and toasty for our cold butts to defrost upon.
Or, for the rest of us, it means waking up normal time and freezing our butt off trying to see out of an opaque white windshield.
Either way, we're all cold and this. weather. needs. to. go.
Pulling in this morning I hit a tiny, tiny patch of black ice that made my front tire just jolt very slightly. But that black ice can be very deceiving. Last winter, I was innocently going around a curve and hit a patch of black ice only just to end up flying into some very firm bushes that left quite a large dent in the side of my Jeep. Right when I hit the ice, I knew I was doomed to hit those bushes. I feel that in those situations, one feels completely out of control, and is unable to prevent the wreck. Unfortunately, I had to pay for half of it.
Another aspect of this season: Holiday spirit. I have yet to recognize any friendly holiday cheer on the roads, except for the reindeer antlers stuck tucked into windows and bows on the front grill of cars. Vehicles look so festive on the road, and certainly makes the driving experience more pleasurable, if not distracting.
What is something I absolutely detest the most? It has to be the holiday parking and shopping centers. Stats say that more and more people are buying online this year, but according to the lack of parking spots, I don't think so. I had to unfortunately park alongside some of the small curbs to my mall visits, risking possible dents due to stressed-out shoppers.
So everyone - drive safe and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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