let’s start with the disclaimer: i do not want to offend any proud Oklahoman with this post. this is just truly yours russian experiencing weather shock constantly.
winter in oklahoma is not wintering
a couple of weeks ago ou closed because of winter weather advisory. that made me miss home as much as i never did before.
i do not think in fahrenheit, i think in celsius and you, dear reader, will have to bear with me as i am not going to change.
the coldest it was on wednesday was -11°c. when i realized that the school was closed and also because of some ice on the streets, i started hysterically giggling. the next second i noticed myself scrolling through my iphone gallery, watching photos of winters i miss. i’m going to introduce you to some of them later in this checklist post!
and now the ok winter was added to my winter collection. i would still refer to it as a simple joke. the temperature difference is insane, the amount of snow is not existing (we don’t count two days in january, ok?), i have never had to wear thermowear AND jacket and i brought tea to the class twice. this is not what i call winter.
it doesn’t give this satisfying feeling of entering warm building after cold street and sipping on the hot drink while outside drink, after class you physically can’t spend some time childlishly snowball fighting or making angels. and i have never had to make my winter favorite – mulled wine to get warm (and because the us is the country where i can’t drink alcohol because of my age)
i can complain about not doing what i am usually doing in winter forever, but there is another crime, which i must report.
it was my first time seeing soap foam “snow” being used during winter festival both at OU and in the special event brought by Coca-Cola. this is just ridiculous to me and i hope that it is just this year.
it is nothing-winter for me, as it awakes no feelings except homesickness. It’s been also +25°c and it is definitely mockery of what others call winter.
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