Yesterday was one of the most perfect days I've had in awhile, so I thought I would record it for posterity.
The snow started on Friday night and was still going strong yesterday morning. We woke up around 6:30am which is pretty standard for us and sat leisurely on the couch for an hour or so with coffee and chai. My only lament was the timing of the storm - had it happened on a school night, I most definitely would have had a day off of work today. Let's face it - teachers love snow days even more than the students.
Soon one of our neighbors pulled out his ATV with attached plow and began plowing everyone's sidewalks, and everyone else came out to begin shoveling their driveways and clearing off their cars. The snow was still coming down strong, but it was a great sense of community bonding to see everyone out there in the shared struggle.
After clearing out our driveway and cars, I came back in and made myself an epic breakfast of scrambled eggs, toast (from homemade bread), and bacon.
In the afternoon Stevie, Neale and I all bundled up and went outside to play in the snow. We played with him in the snow drifts out front, then brought him to the pristine snow in the backyard and pulled him around on a sled.
He seemed rather nonplussed by the whole episode.
Following the romping in the snow, we came inside and relaxed more on the couch, this time with hot chocolate. Neale got to try hot chocolate for the first time in his life, and Stevie and I added a shot of Bailey's to ours.
After we put Neale to bed, we got dressed again and ran around out in the backyard some more and enjoyed the winter twilight sky only a snowstorm can produce. When we came back in, we poured ourselves some Harpoon Winter Warmers and moved down to the basement where we set up a tent on the floor and talked for awhile.
It truly was a perfect winter day, enjoyed all the more for not having to finish a ten mile training run like so many days in the past. Days like yesterday, filled with winter activities and over a foot of snow, are so good for my soul, and I already can't wait for the next snowstorm.
The snow started on Friday night and was still going strong yesterday morning. We woke up around 6:30am which is pretty standard for us and sat leisurely on the couch for an hour or so with coffee and chai. My only lament was the timing of the storm - had it happened on a school night, I most definitely would have had a day off of work today. Let's face it - teachers love snow days even more than the students.
Soon one of our neighbors pulled out his ATV with attached plow and began plowing everyone's sidewalks, and everyone else came out to begin shoveling their driveways and clearing off their cars. The snow was still coming down strong, but it was a great sense of community bonding to see everyone out there in the shared struggle.
After clearing out our driveway and cars, I came back in and made myself an epic breakfast of scrambled eggs, toast (from homemade bread), and bacon.
In the afternoon Stevie, Neale and I all bundled up and went outside to play in the snow. We played with him in the snow drifts out front, then brought him to the pristine snow in the backyard and pulled him around on a sled.
He seemed rather nonplussed by the whole episode.
Following the romping in the snow, we came inside and relaxed more on the couch, this time with hot chocolate. Neale got to try hot chocolate for the first time in his life, and Stevie and I added a shot of Bailey's to ours.
After we put Neale to bed, we got dressed again and ran around out in the backyard some more and enjoyed the winter twilight sky only a snowstorm can produce. When we came back in, we poured ourselves some Harpoon Winter Warmers and moved down to the basement where we set up a tent on the floor and talked for awhile.
It truly was a perfect winter day, enjoyed all the more for not having to finish a ten mile training run like so many days in the past. Days like yesterday, filled with winter activities and over a foot of snow, are so good for my soul, and I already can't wait for the next snowstorm.
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