The weather is horrible. It's snowing and is very very windy. A few days ago, it snowed for the first time this fall, but the snow melted right away. Now it looks like there'll only be more and more of it. But it's not as cold now as it was around this time in 1998: on Nov. 19, the temperature was -17 degrees Celcius (I remember it because it's Mishah's birthday).

I hate winter. I don't understand why I was not born somewhere in Italy. I don't understand why we can't choose our birthplaces.