She's gonna need a snowsuit

This morning we woke up to 4 degrees Fahrenheit and cloudy, dreary, snowy skies. I figured I'd get out early and try get some exercise for me and the pooch. We drove to the dog park a few miles from my house and this is what we walked into.

Eff this, we are braving this cold. I had a long sleeve shirt, a light down coat, a fleece vest and a snow shell, and my new boots. Fresa had her double fleece, and her snow boots. We rushed to the gate of the park to find that is was completely, and utterly empty. Ok, so maybe this wasn't such a good idea. A few minutes later a lab/ridgeback puppy came and jumped all over Fresa, who was none too happy to be there. She decided to stand in the middle of the park and shiver, uncontrollable shivering. She looks so pathetic. 

Ok, so she's Dominican, she's not meant for this kind of frigid temperature, but we will die here if we can get outside and be active. I want to take her snowshoeing. This doesn't look good, unless I can get her to wear one of these...

The key is in the built in boots.

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At least it's not Detroit

Snow is beautiful. I mean look at this photo.

Snow is fun. Can you feel the joy leaping from my pup?

There's nothing like hiking through the pristine, white, glistening snow.

But guess fucking what? I don't live there. I live in the city, where I have a job, a full time job, that I have to get to. EVEN WHEN IT SNOWS.

This damn city expects everyone to get to work. The public schools expect everyone to get to work at the crack of dark dawn and the city does a super shitty job making sure the streets, or sidewalks for that matter, are safe. I know that cities are broke, but I just paid $361 to get my Colorado plates, and the freaking DMV was packed with people like me, you'd think the least they could do is plow the damn street, maybe put a little something on the overpasses and the hills? It took me an hour to drive 5 miles home. Yeah, yeah, I could have walked faster, but it just so happens to be 7 degrees Fahrenheit outside, and I am not a polar bear so I don't have layers of blubber and fur for insulation. 

It really pisses me off that people are like, oh, well, you moved to Colorado, so it's snowing. Yes, I understand that, but if this is Colorado and this is what happens, then how come the city can't do something with the roads so people can actually get to work?