sorry, guys...



it's just that... well... when I think of shoveling snow, scraping ice, donning heavy clothes, stacking cords of firewood for the woodburning stove, and driving on roads that resemble ice-skating rinks, it sorta makes UP for the tarantulas, hurricanes, boa constrictors, floods, army ants, and near-total lack of decent shopping, opera, ballet, theatre, skiing, and all those kinds of things that I miss.

I get positively GREEN with envy when people start discussing going to movies, concerts, and suchlike...

so forgive me if I indulge in a TAD's worth of neener-neener occasionally, okay??