Morning Snow

This morning was the Museum Science field trip that I agreed to chaperone at Callahan School, which meant Steve and I got up before daylight, and since I complicated matters by scheduling an all day service appointment for my car, which meant that we had to leave earlier than usual. So as we tromped out in the falled leaves, behold - snow. Large wet flakes of it, gathering on the grass (thankfully not the driveway) and staying with us all the way to Danvers. October 16th for crying out loud. This does not fill me with confidence about the upcoming winter months. Glad we got the girly snowblower last winter. And that we have small cars to park at the top o' the driveway, because it's really not about global warming, just more of that global weirding. The planet appears to be experiencing weather hiccups on a frequent basis. October snow isn't a first, I have memories of jogging in several inches on October 19th in Andover, and I grew up with October snow every few years in Northern Maine. But this feels different somehow. Winter will come ready or not, so I guess I might as well brace myself for whatever it brings. Its ironic that the big 350 global warming day is next Thursday - less than a week after an early snow. Hard to take global warming seriously when we're watching the October baseball play offs in near freezing temperatures. And wondering how anyone can pitch seven innings with numb fingers. . .but oh well. P.S. Not that I care or anything - but since I live with someone who does and am surrounded by neurotic ball fans - the Red Sox blew it this year. Got a wild card berth in the post season and very quickly lost three games to boot them out of the series early on. I can't say I'm sorry. We'll just have to find something else to talk about around the greater Boston area.