Snow Day!

I know this is probably silly of me.   But I am excited about having a snow day today.

I know.....This is year #3 for me of retirement and school closings do not affect me any more, other than being glad if Megan and Hilary don't have to be out on the roads and the kids get to stay home too1

But usually on the called Snow Days, our life goes on as usual.  We still do what we usually do.  We go places we usually go.  If we don't want to go somewhere, we don't.  If there is an appointment, we change it.  No biggie. 

But by the same token, there isn't the little thrill of  being able to sleep in, to do something that we usually don't have time for because we arebn't usually home, or the knowledge that no, really, we don't have to go anywhere.

And that is what I was feeling last night.  Snow days for everything.  Businesses closed.  Then the unthinkable -  no mail delivery today!  It is SO cold that NO ONE should be out and about.  And I was thinking --- yes!  Sleeping in (like we can't do that ever???) and drinking hot tea.  Reading all day.  Starting a new puzzle.  Reading more.

A snow day!

But there is a little apprehension too.

New house so we don't know the little idiosyncracies that come with it.  The creaks.  The sounds.  The furnace.  The pipes.  What do we need to do to prepare?  To keep things moving along as normal?

When I woke up at 6:30, Gary was downstairs, watching tv.  He wanted to be sure the furnace was working properly.  I know....it is different than at the other house where we knew the sounds and how to set the thermostat to keep it warm.

Water is dripping in the upstairs sink.  I know that is different too.  We have different locations of pipes and different water sources.  First time for sub-zero temps in the new house.

The electricity.  No one on tv or on FB posts have really said too much about loss of power.  We have lost it once;  a few weeks ago it was off for about an hour.  But losing power today would be scary.  And how could the linemen get here and work outside to fix it?  Our little gas fireplace probably wouldn't do much to help alleviate the cold that would descend on the house.  We would have to try to get to Hilary's where they are burning wood in their fireplace.

But I don't want to think about that.  I don't want to be an adult today. 

I just want to enjoy the Snow Day.  Read.  Start a new puzzle.  Take a nap.  Watch some tv.  Fix a cup of hot tea.  Read some more!