Because it's almost Christmas

I'm happy to report that I drove in the snow and everyone involved is alive and well. The huge icicles outside my window fell and scared me half to death but at least the thaw has begun. Tomorrow is Christmas and I am safely at home with my family, staying warm and wrapping the last of my presents, if I can find the bag they're in. This weather has definitely put a damper on my plans to see everyone over break, but it has also given me a chance to reflect back on some things that happened this past year.
It sucks that my college plans fell though, but I learned to adapt. And considering how, at times, I despised this weather SO MUCH, I don't know if I could have made it through a winter in Fort Collins. Maybe this was some kind of test, a way of helping me decide my ultimate collegiate plans.
Whatever the future, the present has me spending Christmas with my family and friends right here in the Pacific Northwest, and I think I'm OK with that.

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and
we all go through it together.

~Garrison Keillor