Freezing

It is currently 25 degrees outside. 25 friggin' degrees!

Texas winters always take me by surprise. The summers are *so* hot and the rest of the seasons so short and/or nonexistent, that I never really expect it to get cold. Even after living here for 5 1/2 years, I still don't think it's *really* going to get cold -- until it does.

The very worst part of winter here is the freezing freaking rain. Snow, I can take, but ice from the sky? No thanks! People around here can't drive in the rain, for crying out loud. Add in frozen streets and very little street clearing and you have a recipe for disaster -- or at least 2-hour commutes.

It's supposed to be especially crappy tomorrow -- I can only hope not. If I deign *not* to kill myself on icy roads (see above) and skip work tomorrow, I don't get paid. What I get if I *do* kill myself on the way to work, I don't know.