Snow today
12:41am – I woke up because a cat was walking on my face. I thought it was 2:41am and saw there wasn’t too much snow. I was disappointed. Got a drink of water and realized it was only 12:41 and was happy because it was supposed to snow all night.
4:52am – Both cats are dancing the cha-cha at the foot of the bed. I kick them out of the bedroom. I notice there’s lots of snow.
6:31am – I rise, feed the ungrateful cats and pour coffee. There’s 6+ inches of snow on the ground. I email a couple of clients I was supposed to meet with and let them know it’s not going to happen. I read Fr. Pat’s morning prayer meditation. I bring my wife some coffee.
7:10am – We’re out in the snow with our big black dog. She loves it. Teresa says, “The snow is dry and powdery!” and she fires up the leaf blower and starts blowing the snow off the driveway. That doesn’t work so well, but she manages to clean off the cars and the walk way on the side of the house. I start shoveling.
8:25am – I’m still shoveling. The snow plow has been down the street 10 times and I’m now tempted to run down the street waving a $20 bill: “Mr. Plow! Help a brother out!” I keep shoveling. I have a long driveway.
9:02am – I’m finished shoveling. I realize I should get to work because the streets aren’t bad. I take a shower and go to work.
4:21pm – I decide to leave work since the temps are dropping and it’s real quiet since all of DC is at home with the Swiss Miss. On my way home a get a little salmon to cook for dinner.
6:45pm – Teresa is still working. I start cooking. We eat and clean-up.
7:30pm – It’s finally time to play in the snow. We get snow outfits on and let the dog out. It’s dark but we don’t care – we’ve got a big long hill in the back yard and the dog loves to chase the sled. We made big, deep tracks in the snow and almost got the dog to drag the sled back up the hill.
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It’s now almost 9pm. Teresa is asleep on the bed, the dog is crashed out under the bed. The cats are sleeping in an undisclosed location – they need to be rested so they can be ready to eat at 3am.