I'm alone if I'm with or without you but just bein' around you offers me another form of relief

Still no snow, though at least it finally got cold. This city simply doesn't know how to do Winter. Then again, as a friend of mine from back in Rural Nowhere said this morning, it seems that Chicago has simply stolen Winter from the East coast. Don't get me wrong, I love this city, my home and my heart are here (or so I tend to believe), but I think that living in DC is what's turned me into such a Grinch. An absolute Scrooge for the 21st Century. It's not that Rural Nowhere had anything special: Chinese take-out on Christmas Eve, tortorous visits with extended family, muddy driveways that needed shoveling... But this city thinks it can dress itself up in holiday fanfare and that's all you need. However, there is much, much more than the fancy bows and pretty, fake, evergreens.

Oh but bah, this is not a place for griping about the weather nor constant comparison to my old home. This is a place to enjoy my city. I'm looking forward to ice skating on the National Mall, it's just the greatest to be able to say you went ice skating with a view of the Washington Monument.

There are also afternoons like this one, with relaxing music and writing to be done, and I'm content. Sitting in a coffee shop, praying silently for snow sometime soon, and talking with Unavailable. We're doing much better at the 'friends' thing, which is nice considering my new years resolution. No more men drama. I've decided, it's simply not worth the frustration of it all. And so, for 2007 I will look to my music, and my writing, and I will have a productive year, which at this point is more than enough to strive for.

And now, speaking of which, off to "real" writing. Keep your fingers crossed a snowstorm!