slides: 25 Things We Won’t Miss About the Winter
Saturday, March 21, 2015
GoLocalWorcester Lifestyle Team
To quote the Beatles, "It's been a long, cold, lonely winter." We concur.
With winter in the rearview mirror, we at GoLocalWorcester have put together a list of some of the things we'll miss the least about that cruel, cruel old man winter.
What are some things you won't miss about winter? Tell us in the comments below.
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Heating Bills
With rate increases across the board for natural gas and oil and bone-chilling temperatures this winter, we’ve all seen our heating bills go through the roof.
We’ll finally get a bit of a reprieve (until, of course, we need to crank the A/C when it’s 95 degrees in August).
Image: Images Money/Flickr
Worrying About Loved Ones
It’s bad enough when you’re snowed in and looking at shoveling 2 feet of snow, but what about Aunt Agnes? Worrying about our elderly loved ones slipping and falling on the ice, being able to get out, pay for heating, or simply having enough food and supplies during an extended winter storm is taxing, and something we certainly won’t miss as the weather heats up.
Warming Up the Car
Ah, yes. That winter joy of getting out to the car 15 minutes early to “warm it up.” Unless, of course, you’re one of the fortunate ones with an automatic remote starter. This activity usually goes hand in hand with the “where the heck did I leave the scraper” routine.
Both activities are most likely to occur when you’re running 15 minutes late as it is, because it was just too darn cold to get out of bed.
Image: Chriss Knisley/Flickr
Hibernation Mode
Fill in the blank: “I really need to go to ________ but it’s just too cold/snowy/icy/dark outside to deal with it.”
This way of thinking for several months has got us in “hibernation mode,” that is, putting off doing anything that requires leaving the house. We’ve already talked about bundling up and the whole warming up the car/find the scraper ordeal. How nice to just run out the door without having to deal with that stuff.
Image: M Nottage/Flickr
Dead Grass & Flower Beds
One of the most depressing aspects of winter is the lack of color. Grass, when it’s not buried under inches or feet of snow, is brown and lifeless.
There are no vibrant colors in the flowerbeds to brighten up the day. Spring means an explosion of color to go along with those warmer temps.
Image: T England Photos/Flickr
Everybody’s Always Sick
By this point, you're sick of everyone being sick. You can't remember the last time your nose wasn't running, and you have your local pharmacist on speed-dial.
When you go in for that final check-up, make sure you tell your doctor to have a great summer - and that you'll be back next December.
Image: The Giant Vermin/Flickr
Driving Everywhere
Trying to save money on gas or just "be active?" As the New Yorkers would say, "fuhgedaboutit."
Even if you do brave the cold, there's always that one neighbor who doesn't shovel in front of his house. With spring around the corner, maybe you can finally walk around yours.
Shoveling Every Other Day
By now it's probably part of your daily routine: wake up, brush your teeth, eat breakfast...and, shovel 1-2 feet of snow.
Get ready to cross that off your to-do list, and use the free time to finally start reading that book you've been talking about all winter.
You deserve it.
Salt Killing Your Car
You say, "new car," but winter says, "not for long." There are those diligent few who try to postpone the inevitable, and they make frequent trips to the car wash to keep that paint job looking fresh.
But as the winter drags on they, too, succumb to defeat. There are some wars that just aren't meant to be won.
Image: Chad Davis/Flickr
Dodging Snowdrifts
If dodging snowdrifts were an Olympic sport, you'd be the next Michael Phelps. In fact, maybe you'll suggest snow-drifting as part of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
As the snow starts to melt, you'll find that driving on snow-free roads is uneventful and way too easy.
Image: Emily/Flickr
Waking up Freezing
Wake up. It's cold. Hit snooze. Repeat. You set your alarm 30 minutes earlier because you know it takes at least 3 or 4 tries to actually throw off the covers.
And when you finally do, the effort is so exhausting that you're already dreaming about your post-work nap. Don't think your struggle has gone unnoticed - GoLocal admires your tremendous inner strength.
Image: Corey Seeman
School Cancellations
Sure, that 6 a.m. cancellation call and the Netflix binge-watching that follows, is pretty nice.
But when it finally hits you that you'll be going to school until July, well, you start to think it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to be a couple episodes behind in House of Cards.
Facebook from Florida
You can't go on social media without seeing that one of your friends is lying out on a Florida beach.
And when they come back unseasonably tan, you just smile and nod as they talk about how beautiful the weather is down South.
You already have an Instagram caption ready for your first beach snapshot...get ready to use it!
Lack of Daylight
Heating Bills
Worrying About Loved Ones
Snow
Bundling Up
Stuffy Houses
Warming Up the Car
Hibernation Mode
Dead Grass & Flower Beds
Everybody’s Always Sick
Driving Everywhere
Shoveling Every Other Day
Salt Killing Your Car
Dodging Snowdrifts
Waking up Freezing
School Cancellations
Smokers Outside The Door
Wrong Weather Forecasts
Hot Drinks Only
Facebook from Florida
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