Beached

[susandennis]

A Seattle online newspaper posted this pic on Twitter just now. It's one of the neighborhoods not far from here. We don't have this much snow here. We're right at sea level so the lowest point around. From my terrace I can see snow on the stadium parking lot and some on the sidewalks. The street looks wet.



I'm sure that if I was very careful, I could get to the pool and back this morning but I'm not going to try. Probably it would be even more safe to go later but I probably won't.

I'm taking a SNOW DAY! Why not?

The snow started here last night about 8:30 and it was beautiful. The stadium parking lot stays lit always and it's beautiful to see the snow in the lights. I woke up to pee a little after midnight and it had stopped except for a couple flakes. But it had stuck to all the limbs of The Tree That I Hate and it was so pretty.

I love love love snow. I lived in Rochester, MN for 18 months (2 winters) when snow covered the ground from November til June both winters and I never got tired of it.

And now that I can declare my own snow day or not as I see fit, it's even more wonderful.

Now I'm declaring coffee.

Comments

[osodecanela.livejournal.com]

And coffee seems the logical alternative to me!

Ditto cocoa or tea.

[susandennis]

Oh, right... there will be hot chocolate today for sure! It's been waiting in the wings and today's the day!

[rsc.livejournal.com]

When jwg and I were working, and spending our summers in Gloucester (which we still do), we would occasionally get such a beautiful day that we couldn't face going in to work, and would declare it a "snow day". John would call the office and tell the receptionist that we'd had a freak snowstorm and couldn't get out of the driveway. Once I recall him saying that the receptionist was at first inclined to believe him.

[susandennis]

Back in the dot.com boom and even some lately, I've heard of company's declaring a sun day (or partial sun day) around here - particularly after a lot of rainy and gray days.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I fly to Minneapolis in the morning. I'm sure I'll have my first snow day of the year.

[susandennis]

I moved to Minnesota on October 14. October 15, I started my new job and I was walking by a set of windows with a group of new co-workers when we saw flakes falling Ah, they said, the first snow fall of the year... I fell in love with the place that very minute.

[maju01.livejournal.com]

I'm jealous!

[susandennis]

:)

[zhelana.livejournal.com]

lol I miss the snow. I used to live in CO for 4 years, and I remember getting so excited for both the first snow and the first rain of spring. :)

[mixter11nm.livejournal.com]

Wow, glad it hasn't made its way to NYC or NJ yet! Be careful out there.

[slinkslowdown.livejournal.com]

We got about 5 inches or so overnight. It's gorgeous, but dangerous as fuck out there. I'm staying in unless I have to go do something.

[twicet.livejournal.com]

We had quite the snowfall here, and snow days aren't just for school kids:)

[howeird]

Yeah, that's the kind of snowfall I remember. In all my time in Seattle, I think I only missed a couple of days for snow, I was living on John St. and the hill was too steep to even think about.

[hawk-soaring.livejournal.com]

I love love love snow! And, sadly, our ground is bare right now. :(

[susandennis]

We have dozens of micro climates around here, tiny pockets of geography that get different weather than the tiny pocket next to it. I think there should be an opt in pocket of People Who Love Snow and in their micro climate pocket, they should get however much they want!

[hawk-soaring.livejournal.com]

I would love that! :)