Snow Days
Hey, we got snow the past couple days. Not tons. But around 2-3" each night--enough to coat everything thoroughly. I'll take it.
I went to lunch yesterday with a friend visiting from Seattle, John Rodgers. He said he woke up to the snow and recollected all the reasons he hates this place. Heh. Yeah shovelling the driveway and braving the roads is a pain, but man as far as I'm concerned, that jet stream could just park right over us for the next 3 months and bring it on. Replenish the reservoirs, green up the woods, and kill the pine beetles. I think the high deserts of the Atacama are spectacular and all, but I don't want to live there thank you very much.
Giselle's had two days off school (yeah, it's pretty wimpy calling school because of 3" of snow, but it's so rare these days, I guess they're getting jumpy). So yesterday, she and about a hundred other kids converged on the field down the street and went sledding. Amanda said if those kids had just a touch more organization, they would've been a mob. She's been anxious to get out and play in the snow for a while now, so I'm happy for her.
There was a serious downside this morning when our hot water heater's pilot light blew out. That thing is impossible to predict. We can have 50 mph winds and it stays lit, but then we'll get just the right kind of wimpy storm, and pfft it goes out. So I forewent the shower and just washed my hair in the bathtub this morning. Amanda apparently heard my muffled screams as I sprayed my head with the frigid arctic waters and came rushing in. She helped me expedite the rinse. Oh man did that hurt. Leonardo DeCaprio did *not* come across as a man who's just been dunked in freezing water off the stern of the busted Titanic. I was commenting this morning at work that if you set one man on fire and dunk another in freezing water, I challenge you to tell the difference in their screams.
I'm exaggerating1, people. Don't get all offended.
1. Not by much.
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