snow and cold adventures

So I didn't go to Minnesota. Even in my last-ditch-effort to enroll anyone I could see myself not killing in a 22 hour (I lied and told them 18 at the time) drive to THE ADVENTURE OF OUR LIFETIMES!, I am currently in my warm home instead of on the iced over lake with Mary, Molly, Amber, and Lily. I was incredibly enticed by the promise of beards, storytelling, friends, ice-huts, artists, epic adventures, Minnesota-ins, but in the end couldn't make it there. In Mary's words, "It's just magical here Aliya, it's just magical."

So I brought Minnesota to me here in Massachusetts. I ate beans out of a can which I tried to cook directly on the fire (stove), and pretended to be very cold (because my house mates wouldn't let me open all the windows). I was going to sleep in a fort in the living room tonight, but instead I'll retreat to my bedroom. Faraway Frozen Friends, I am thinking of you warmly, and I hope we are reunited soon in a new sort of ridiculous location.