Hey there peanut-gallery, its been a crazy time here in the D of C. The weatherfolks were calling for huge amounts of snow all day yesterday … supposed to start late last night and go all through today to tomorrow…yea right, we all said, heard that one before.
Well, what do you know? They were right. It started snowing last night around 10 p.m. and there were 6 inches by 6 a.m. and its been snowing all day. Alaina and I have been shoveling snow most of the day, J did as well, and the dog has been out a lot and eating loads of non-yellow snow. The hipsters have dubbed it Snowpocalypse.
I’m wondering if they’ll have things cleared up by Monday for work…who knows? So this weekend, I have Alaina through tomorrow to hang out, spend time, do fun things. So far, we toured the Capitol yesterday, cooked a tasty dinner last night, shoveled and played in the snow, and now we’re both beat. She’s had a bunch of hot coco…but that’s par for the course when it’s snowing, right?
At the moment, I’m stretched on the couch, half watching the Vancouver/Caps game from last night (I already know the outcome) and wondering if Alaina will wake up before I go to bed…and will she want dinner? She won’t starve without one meal and I’m certain she needs her rest. There’s no better input for a developing young brain than sleep.
Yesterday before the onset of the snow, I rushed around gathering presents, shopping for organizational stuff, and doing my part to spur the economy. I have to assume this blanketing of snow isn’t doing much to encourage the local economy. I have to get to the post office to put a few packages in the mail to relatives in MN but for the most part, I’ve done my shopping from the comfort of my desk…letting Amazon do the shipping. It’s not that I don’t like being in the hustle and bustle of Xmas but I hate the traffic, the people with less-than-Xmas generosity (i.e. they’re so focused on their stuff, they end up being rude) so the less time I spend around those people, the better.
I’ve just finished my Xmas cards and J has designed some personalized cards that we just need card stock and envelopes to make them happen. No way we’re going to get those any time soon. I don’t mind being snowed in but I think the novelty of it will wear off in a day or two…its likely that we’ll have a white Christmas for the first time in a long while. I can’t say I went out and tromped around as much as I have in the past. It’s been windy, cold, and really rather unpleasant to be outside. The last time we had a snow dump, I was hardly home, out and about with the dog, but it was sunny, no wind or ongoing snow. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
Hope you’re warm and toasty where you are, and have an Irish Coffee with me, won’t you?