Dear Mother Nature:

Can we talk, woman to woman? Really, I like snow as much as the next born-and-bred Southerner, but this is ridiculous. You dumped another six inches of snow today on top of the eight inches you left us last week. (Luckily, I was in Pensacola, Florida, and missed it. Ha! In your FACE, Mother Nature!)

I currently have a six-year-old in the throes of boredom and we’ve all just about had it. Still, she was excited that school have been called off tomorrow?

“Tomorrow is a snow day,” I said. “No school.”

“I know,” she replied. “Isn’t that great?”

“What? you were bored to tears today!” I exclaimed.

“Well, today was bored day. Tomorrow is awesome day!” she explained.

Sigh. Tomorrow is going to be a LONG day.

So, Mother Nature, I am writing you to humbly ask you to let up. I ordered a pair of $69 bib overall snowpants for my daughter today, and if past precedence holds, that means we won’t get another inch for the rest of the year, right?

Respectfully yours,

MD