Post-Blizzard Thrills

Because of Saturday's blizzard, most local schools were closed, hence I was suddenly face-to-face with three additional days of vacation before I could fly home to be with the family.

While the thought of "don't you wish you had booked an earlier flight" was expressed by many, the truth of the matter is, had I booked it, I would have been stuck anyway, and had the "darn snow" not come, I would not have had these three extra days, SO I am happy with the situation... no complaints about three days to get things done that the hustle and bustle of everyday life does not generally allow, such as...

• Updating my blog ;)
• Christmas visits to friends with Adrienne
  
• Shoveling the driveway/street and reviving our cars of 24 inches of snow (Aubrey and I were joined by our new found friends (our neighbors) to help tackle part of the road)... It was actually really fun to shovel--- I think it might not be as fun if it was like this day-after-day, but it's sure a novelty here :)
  

• creating tutorials for my students
• going to the temple with Cara!
• DC monuments running in the snow... I repeat, I just never tire of this running route- our Nation's Capitol is Beautiful!

• Christmas runs to the local airports
• and, you know, "those" lerking errands