In need of a warm sweater

Well...winter has finally come to Pennsylvania. And in full blast.

For those of you not reading this from a chilly dorm room at IUP...it's been snowing here all day. The ground I suppose isn't cold enough yet, because it hasn't really stuck (I don't really understand it since the wind is enough to get my body rattling and shaking uncontrollably within an minute of stepping outdoors).

I'm at the coffeehouse, slightly chilly. There seems to be a draft or something, from an open door or a crack in a window. But glancing around at the other patrons in their cozy sweaters of all types makes me yearn for sweater shopping. Some people can really pull off certain styles with flair...Al has on a really simple black sweater that looks SO warm and toasty, yet I'm pretty sure it'd look really goofy on me. Then there's an older woman rocking one of those over patterned colorful sweaters from the 80s...and she looks perfectly fine! I must say, I'm at a loss as to how Andrei (an employee here) isn't freezing with just a t-shirt on. I hear girls are naturally colder than guys...don't really know if that's true or not. But I'm in dier need of a sweater or some gloves or something...leg warmers??

Just a little side story to warm the soul.

Last night I went to Johnstown to pick up my best friend from the train station. While waiting on the platform (with all the nutcases) the church clocks struck 6pm and started playing music. I couldn't believe it, but my favorite Christmas song was playing (O Come, O Come Emmanuel) which I had coincidentally been listening to the entire ride down from Indiana. I hummed it a bit until another church's bells rang out over the song. As the train neared the station, the conductor guy outside on the platform with us would talk to the guy on the train, letting him know which track to take and whatnot...and just before they signed off I heard the man on the train tell the conductor standing next to me, "Hey buddy, if I don't get a chance to see or talk to you before the holidays, you have a Merry Christmas and many blessings to you and your family." My heart just swelled at that one. I always loved Christmas.

Just not this snow!