#anyways: city please plow the fucking streets challenge

[leiazher]

It snowed, a lot, then it thawed, a lot.

And the streets, which had not been plowed at all during the three feet of snow we got, turned into icy slush.

So I grabbed my rubber boots, plopped them on, and walked my dog as usual (he also got to wear boots, but his aren't as waterproof.)

Only, people stared. And then the dog owners I talk to the most remarked on my rubber boots.

"Rubber boots?" And I just, yeah? It's wet outside, might as well wear the footwear specifically designed for "wet outside" conditions, right?

Except... people are so mired in what should be worn when and where that not a single person of the dozens I've encountered ever thought to wear rubber boots when it's slushy outside.

We had three feet of snow melting, people and cars were sinking pretty much, it was so dirty and muddy and slushy. Of course I'm going to wear footwear designed for the conditions.

One old lady asked why I didn't have a good pair of winter boots. I do. I do have a very good pair of winter hiking boots, with ten hole lacing, and I'm not going to bother with that for a ten minute walk when I can just plop my feet into some thick socks and then into my rubber boots. I like my rubber boots. They go almost to my knees, they're stop-sign red, and they have decorative lacing on the top two inches.

My dog's boots are black. I think I'm gonna see if I can find red for him, so we can match. I think that'd be fun. It'd make people smile. It'd make me smile.

Anyways, if you're gonna wear rubber boots in slushy conditions, remember to wear thick socks as well.

#rubber boots #it's the autism #'creative thinking' #snow and slush #it has since frozen again and the streets are a fucking glacier #shifting sheets of ice crackling ominously under tires and feet alike #I hear ambulance sirens every single time I step outside #seven times per day I go out #pup hurt his paws so we can't go more than one block at a time #he's getting better but... yeah... #anyways: city please plow the fucking streets challenge #failed for the eighth year in a row #it's almost as if we don't get snow every fucking winter