At Least It's Only Temporary...

So, I live in Williams, AZ. (Please don't stalk me.)

Ever heard of Williams? Does it ring a bell? Maybe your grandparents came here in their RV?

No?

Well, it exists. And it's awesome. And 80% of the time it's a hilarious little tourist town. People come from Europe, Asia, and retirement communities to visit junky Route 66 trinket shops, go to the Grand Canyon, drive the wrong way down one-way streets, ride the Grand Canyon Railroad (which turns into the Polar Express around Christmas), and generally keep this place interesting.

But then there's mid-January through April. When nobody is taking any kind of vacation to Williams, AZ. Our 9 feet of snow just is not that appealing to people for some reason.

And, while it's nice to not get backed up at our stop sign and not have to dodge people taking pictures in the middle of the street, it also means that half the town shuts down. Our Dairy Queen's been closed for months. No more mini-blizzards at the end of a long day for the HK staff.

Worst of the worst is American Flyer, our awesome coffee shop and altogether saving grace of living in a small town, is closed until April!

It sucks.

Bad.

Today is Saturday. I had a limited list of things I need to do today: prepare some stuff for a meeting with my YL team tomorrow, blog, read, and hang out with people. I don't have internet in my house, so obviously, what I would normally do is go to Am Fly and send a mass text trying to entice others to join me.

Not that I would even need to send the text because every time I go there I run into at least 4 people I know, not including the people who work there. It's beautiful. And I can spend hours there, drinking coffee, computering, reading, and catching up on life with my townies. (Embrace it, friends. We're townies.)

That is basically my heaven.

But it's not going to happen for the next couple of months. Instead, I have to go to Starbucks inside Safeway and then to work to use the internet.

Oh, gosh. I'm sad just typing it.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right? I'll be standing outside on the day it opens back up, jumping up and down with excitement.

Song of the Day: Barton Hollow by the Civil Wars (Seriously can't get enough of this duo. Poison and Wine was my song of the day a few weeks back and you must listen to it if you didn't then. It is so good.)