Snow joke

While I usually hold fast to my mom's view on snow ("I love it when it's coming down, but I hate it on the ground"), there's been something really nice about this recent dump of snow. The something nice is that everyone's being nice. Everyone said "good morning" to me when they passed me shoveling the sidewalk in front of my building. Someone made a perfect snowman in Dupont Circle. Everyone seems to have the bundled-up, red-cheeked cheer that they only seem to have in movies. I'm trying to relish it all before the next few days, when everyone turns into snarling monsters after being hit by waves of dirty puddle water by passing motorists and having their commute times doubled thanks to people who didn't shovel in front of their houses and thus created some sidewalk glaciers for everyone to break their necks on. Enjoy it while you can, Reid. Enjoy it while you can.