Snow day
The first winter I lived in NoVA, I was floored by the local government's response to snow. They actually knew what to do with it! Snowplows were out, sidewalks cleared, roads salted, and all of this before the morning rush hour! I'd never seen such a thing in my Chapel-Hill-and-Williamsburg life. I was very impressed.
Today, though, I realized the downside of all this efficiency: it means that life no longer grinds to a halt when the first snowflake hits the ground. This morning, with a few inches of snow and a glaze of ice outside, I settled down in my pajamas for a work-at-home day...only to discover that everybody else was in the office, and the roads were fine. Damn! So I hauled out the snow shovel, dug out my driveway, and went in to work. And to my yoga class afterward. Apart from the unusual sight of some drivers actually going the speed limit, it was just another normal day. Which defeats the whole purpose of snow, if you ask me :)
Today what makes me happy is having a garage. BEST INVENTION EVER in the winter.
Today, though, I realized the downside of all this efficiency: it means that life no longer grinds to a halt when the first snowflake hits the ground. This morning, with a few inches of snow and a glaze of ice outside, I settled down in my pajamas for a work-at-home day...only to discover that everybody else was in the office, and the roads were fine. Damn! So I hauled out the snow shovel, dug out my driveway, and went in to work. And to my yoga class afterward. Apart from the unusual sight of some drivers actually going the speed limit, it was just another normal day. Which defeats the whole purpose of snow, if you ask me :)
Today what makes me happy is having a garage. BEST INVENTION EVER in the winter.