#MeWriting I moved to Minden, NV in mid-September. Minden is east of Lake Tahoe and down the hill at an elevation of about 5000 feet. I didn’t plan this, but circumstances sent me here and different circumstances kept me here. I was a Southern California kid originally and made South Orange County my home for 37 years since coming down from the San Francisco Bay Area for college. You can probably imagine what my horror might be seeing this forecast on my phone today. And you’re at least half right!
The cold is not good to me. I get a touch of Raynaud’s Syndrome when the ambient temperature is below 65℉-ish. For me, it’s blue then white fingers above the knuckles and a search for warm running water to thaw them out. I’m quicker than most with mittens and gloves. I know people who get it much worse, so I don’t need your sympathy. Weight loss has helped out a bunch, but it’s still a day to day concern here more than it was in The (South) OC.
Let me tell you why you’re almost half wrong, though. This is the third time since getting here that I’ve seen 4 days in the next week with a snow forecast. In reality, we got an inch of snow on the ground Christmas morning, and it was gone in a couple hours. Check in with me on Friday, January 9th, and I’m sure I’ll have a similar recap.
My parents live across town. They’ve been here almost 24 years. I already know from visiting through the years that nobody gets the weather predictions right. That’s not what I want fixed here. I really just want it to snow.
The point of this is that there is a weird glitch in the matrix right now. I wonder if and how you have stumbled on it.
I would appreciate your reactions and comments on my LinkedIn repost.