So, I woke up in the middle of the night last night, and it was crazy snowing outside. Everything was already covered in pure white fluff. When we got up this morning, the children scurried about at 7:30 am excited and standing on beds to see through the windows and watch the snow floating all around. It looked like we were inside of a snow globe, everything perfectly coated in layers of white.
I love how everything gets all muted when it snows. Traffic passes slowly over the highway, like cars traveling over pillows. People walking sounds like soft padding through billowy feathered quilts. The world is like a frosted cake. It looks so clean and virginal.
But there are the drawbacks too... Like how flipping cold it is when you step foot outside, how many layers of clothing you must don, and getting three kids ready to go anywhere consumes so much time that by the time you ARE ready, you don't really see the point anymore. Like church today. I really wanted to go, but Chris had to work to make up for getting Thanksgiving off, so it would be just me and the kids going. I pondered it, and still want to go, but here it is nearing the time to be there and I am still in my p.j.'s, and so are the kids. It's freezing out there! Staying in and drinking hot cocoa and watching movies or playing games just sounds so much more appealing.
Also, driving, if you do get out, is really scary. Wheels seem like they have an extra pair of roller skates on that you must skate through slippery greased streets. Sometimes the going is fine, and feels safe, and other times, your brakes simply do not work and you skid through stop signs and around round-abouts until something stops you, like the car in front of you, or a curb.....
I drive like a 90-year old woman when snow is on the ground, my sense of safety in trepidation and hesitance.
Or I just don't leave the house.
I felt bad for my husband this morning as he set off at 5 in the morning in the dark, to scrape piles of snow from his windshield, and heat his icy car, to work on a Sunday. I wished he could just stay cozy in bed with me and we could pull the covers over our heads and crank up the heater and have coffee in bed, and perhaps ditch church.
But it is beautiful if you don't have to go out in it.
So hopefully my computer won't be a queer tonight at it will let me post my comment. ;)
ReplyDeleteWell, first off, kudos for the use of virginal, and trepidation in the same post.
But more importantly, I love reading your thoughts. :) Even more then that though, I love hearing them. I can't wait to see you on Friday...or Saturday.. :D
Oh hey, its 12:00am Happy Thanksgiving! ;)
so that was actually my second attempt at posting that comment. The first time my computer actually was a queer and freaked out on me and deleted my comment. But I really wanted to post it right at 12, so I typed like the wind and made a few mistakes along the way. ;)
ReplyDeletewell, I am glad you persevered. well done comrade.
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