365 Random Days of Team Zybko
Day #326
Ten Rules for Southerners During a Snowstorm
February 21st, 2013
When it snows in the south it's a big deal.
It's fun!
Different than muggy days and beach sand in your crack.
A certain set of rules goes along with the pretty fluffy stuff falling from the sky.
Most of us follow the silly code of conduct.
Even if you are originally from north of the Mason Dixon Line.
When in Rome....
When in the "blizzard"
Do as your sweet tea, grit eating neighbor is doing.
Enjoy.
The white stuff won't be around for long.
#1) NO matter what time of day or night it begins to snow.
You must run out of your front door as fast as you can.
Run like you have never had a snow flake land on your nose or on the tip of your tongue.
#2) You must immediately freak out about the amount food and toilet paper you have "stored up" in your house.
How will we survive? What will we eat?
#3) You must make hot chocolate. I don't care if you don't finish it, spill it or don't even like the stuff. You will for sure be elected Mother of the Year after serving a warm mug to every member of the family with a smile. Marshmallows optional.
#4) You must take lots of deep breaths about the amount of work snow weather produces. Add a little sumpin' sumpin' to your cup of hot chocolate if the yoga style breathing doesn't help. Good news, the kids will be outside a whole 8 more minutes in the fresh winter air before a new pile is created.
#5) The next morning you might want to treat your lovely family to healthy fast food breakfast, mostly cause you are too exhausted to cook due to the extra snow laundry duties.
Do not risk this short trip.
You must consider your SUV useless in the slippery,
one and a half inches of wintry mix on the roads.
#6) You must make snow person. How elaborate is up to you.
#7) You must believe that you look really cool in any style hat you find in the back of the closest.
#8) You must take a ridiculous amount of pictures.
Anywhere snow has accumulated is fair game.
#9) You must have a snowball fight. Watch out, there is always someone in the group waiting to cheap shot you in the face or the back of your head.
#10) You must not worry about going to any planned activities outside of your front lawn. Trust me you aren't missing anything. Don't bother checking websites about cancellations, the entire city has shut down.
