It snowed again overnight. We were so lucky through the early parts of this winter, that I think we were all expecting a year without snow. Our neighbors even joked that by purchasing a snow blower this year, they had jinxed us, much like washing your car on a sunny day. As luck would have it, over the past few weeks they have more than gotten their money’s worth out of their new machine!
I would be lying if I said I didn’t mind it. First snows are always pretty and an occasional snow day, when my life is put on pause, is fun. But, the day to day drudge of blowing and shoveling the stuff, walking gingerly to avoid slipping on ice and having my routines disrupted by hazardous road conditions has become not so much fun.
I suppose what I really don’t like is the realization this is something I have absolutely no control over. It is what it is and I just have to deal with it. After all, what do I really have to complain about? That I have to reschedule my workout at the gym? That we might have to eat canned green beans because I couldn’t get to the grocery store to buy fresh ones? That I feel cooped up in my house? Wa, wa, wa!
I have no real complaints. Instead, I try to make the best of the time by tending to long put off household chores, writing and reading. Most of all what I find is that I have time to think. With the absence of a need to go, go, go, I am able to sit, sit, sit and think, think ,think.
It really is a gift. And from the looks of the latest weather report, one that I’ll be able to enjoy for at least the next couple of days.
I enjoy snow days too–a forced slow down. Normally I end up cooking soup and cornbread on a snow day. It just feels “right.”
A fresh snowfall is such a lovely event. It’s too bad it all has to eventually get gray and ugly before it melts. No matter, I still welcome each new storm. I’m just not sure how I’ll feel about it once the calendar turns to March!
I just noticed your shout-out to my blog in your sidebar. Thanks so very much for the support! Who would have known all those years ago when we were neighbors that we’d both be blogging twenty years later?!