Snow Day

There’s a fairly strong winter storm blanketing the middle of the country right now. Schools and businesses are closed all over the area. Even the doctor’s office is closing - a few people made it in, but they are going home. The predictions are for heavy snow all day with some pretty darn high accumulations by the end of it tomorrow morning.

So, the kids are watching TV and the wife decided to stay home and not risk the long drive to her job. I’ll be going out a bit later just to check on a few things and buy milk (if the stores are even open, of course). I imagine the kids will want to sled down the hills in back of the house later. That’s been pretty rare this year since there really hasn’t been much snow this winter.

That’s how a snow day works, isn’t it? The schools close so it’s a good day to go out and play in the snow! It’s great being a kid. Adults don’t quite have it so easy, though. I’ll have to trudge out to the truck, brush all the snow off the windows, risk driving around with the loons who simply cannot drive in the snow, trudge across the parking lot to the store (if it’s open) then drive back home. At least the truck has four-wheel drive and I know how to drive in the snow. After all, I was raised in the snow belt of Upstate New York.

Oh well, maybe I can get a few good pictures out of the trip. Does that mean I’m really playing in the snow too?