If only I’d checked my email FIRST

I woke up this morning with the conviction that I’d pay ALL OF THE MONEY IN MY CHECKING ACCOUNT just to be able to stay in bed instead of going to work. I fought it and woke up, jumped in the shower before I could talk myself out of it, and scrambled to get out the door. I was running late and wouldn’t have time to stop @ QFC to buy a tub of Red Vines for enticing surly 8th graders to come to my table during their lunch hour – oh well. Luckily at the last minute I thought I’d check my email to see if the school librarian had picked up something instead, and lo and behold! School closures! Some more email digging revealed that we are on a snow schedule at work which means instead of schlepping to another branch today I may only have to walk a few blocks up to CAP. Now I’m back in my jammies drinking coffee and petting kittens while I wait for more news on when/where to report today.

For the record, the snow isn’t very substantial here on the hiil, but I think elsewhere it’s deeper. I think the problem is ice more than snow; apparently I-5 is like an ice rink. Weather.com tells me that it’s 22°F out but it Feels Like 9°F. Have I mentioned how much I love living somewhere with Winter? I do. Sky and I took a long walk last night to find crepes and then spent our evening sliding down icy hills in our rubber boots and throwing snowballs. Blissful, yeah yeah.