is sweeping through the Midwest, and Madison puts on its white coat. Schools are closed, and the roads are interestingly challenging. A lot of people chose to stay home, but there are others, who, like myself, couldn't wait to get out and check what all this is all about...
Every snowstorm I go for a drive, with a little voice inside of me screaming, 'Yeeeha!' I have to admit that I am an adrenaline junkie, and have been so for so long I am not even sure when the first hit was ingested. I know for sure that it wasn't when I took off on my first wave, or even when I paddled for the first time. No, it was before that, way before that, and maybe even before the first broken law, the first secret, the first date, the first tryst, the first fistfight, the first lie, the first curse, the first kiss, the first love, the first fall, the first escape from home, the first forbidden book, the first breath....
Anyway, I drove, took pictures, parked by Borders -my ex-favorite establishment, caught a bus -number 37, met some interesting folks heading to works, who thought this was nothing, and kept on telling me, "You should go outside Madison, then you'll see how messy it could get." One of them, who lives in a farm and works at the University, bought snowshoes, the kind that used to look like a tennis racket way back then but don't anymore, and is eager to use them tomorrow. Another, some Professor, originally from Argentina said he's lived here for over 20 years and still likes it. And another, from Alaska, was really happy to be in such a lovely climate.
Meanwhile, I keep on singing my magic mantra, just to myself, 'One day, one day, I'll have the sand, I'll have the waves, I'll have the sun and a beach without parking meters, I'll have good neighbors and happy surfers to share the ocean with. One day, one day, the world will go back to normal. One day, one day, the world will go back to beautiful and sometimes perfect.' I know... It's a long mantra, but that's okay, because it comes from the heart, and there is nothing made up, or forced about it.
Otherwise, Burger King is launching a body spray -I kid you not; I'm not too sure about Obama's cabinet choices; and on Facebook, some people are having fun in Miami, and there are pictures to prove it; Condolences to Saida who lost her mother; and, finally the planet is whirling, spinning and traveling -no one who knows where, but it's sure heading there.
Be well and remember how small and how large you actually are -approximately somewhere between nothing and everything.
A speck, a universe.
P.S: Remember that today is a very special day. It is a day of great happenings and transformation. We will be tried, in more than one way. So, I suggest moderation, patience, and understanding, and please, please, please, this is not the time for rocking boats. Then again, you're your own captain, so do as you will, and don't say you weren't warned. Safe journeys to all.
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