snow vs. california girl

It has snowed and stuck, finally, for the first time since the beginning of November. It could melt tomorrow as it has many times this winter, but the temp is just below 0 celcius so I doubt it. Man am I glad that I packed my long undies. I am back in Kyiv for Ukrainian Language Training for four days. This entire winter I have added long underwear tops and bottoms to my back pack, even if I was only going away for one night. Last winter was so bad that this winter I have spent everyday waiting for the other thick-soled, wool-lined boot to drop. And this morning when I woke up on the train and looked outside (or rather the babusya next to me woke me up to tell me) it was snowing. Oy. I am not a fan of the snow, outside the office just now I had a snow vs. california girl moment. I reached for the intercom button outside the tall, spirey gates of the Peace Corps office and did for the first time in my life the full splits. There is now a small rip in the crotch of my jeans, luckily I have my long undies to protect me and of course a sewing kit in my back pack to remedy the problem. In case you couldn't tell, I was a girl scout.