Dreading the Return of the Snow Birds

Today is the first day of October and normally I would be thinking thoughts of cool weather, leaves and everything associated with the Fall season. Now that I live in Arizona that is not in my thoughts, but instead I am thinking about the swarm of snow birds that will soon be making their presence in this fabulous state. I do love living here, but it’s hard to get in the mood for the Fall season and it’s even harder to get excited about my favorite holiday in a few weeks because we are still hovering around 100 degrees. Plus, I am dreading the snow bird season that is right around the corner. I already started to notice the highway being more busy tonight on my way home from work and that got me thinking about my soon to be nightmare commute home from work every day until April 15th. Once all the blue hairs decide to enter the state and crowd the highways my commute will go from 35 minutes to close to an hour to get home from work. If I was in charge of the Phoenix Metro area I would make a law for all blue hairs who want to live here during their winter months, and this law would be a courtesy to all the actual residents of Arizona. My law would state that all snow birds are not allowed on the highways from 6am – 9am and then again from 4pm – 7pm to allow the actual residents of this state the easy access to the highways after a long day of work. I mean there is no need for them to enter the highways during this time. If they must leave their homes then they should stay clear of the highways and only use the main roadways. I am just dreading my soon to be extended commute to work and the blame falls on the snow birds for this. I am glad to get away from the congested highways soon and make a quick trip back to WI for a taste of Fall with some cooler weather and a good Badger football game.