Work is busy. It always is, and it’s compounded by the fact that one of the main lawyers I work for is going away for two weeks on Saturday. But when I kept hearing about this major snowstorm – despite the fact that it is the end of March – I have to admit that I was looking forward to the idea of a snow day at home.
Because all of the weather models were showing essentially the same thing, Claire’s daycare decided – yesterday – to close today. I had a few hours where I deliberated what I was going to do. On the one hand, Neal had vacation days on Monday and Tuesday and he has another one on Friday, so I knew that he would probably have to go in to the ship to see what was going on. On the other hand, one of our lawyers is going away and I also missed two days last week due to an eye infection. So who was going to stay home with Claire? Thankfully, my worries were taken away when Neal had a call in the evening last night – the ship was “closing” due to the storm. As an extra precaution, they even made today’s duty watch personnel go in last night to make sure that that person would be able to get in.
When I got up this morning, I had little hope that my office would be closed. It takes a lot for law firms to close. When I got up at 6 a.m., there was absolutely no snow on the ground and none coming down. I almost didn’t bother calling our storm line. I had had my shower last night, so I was just going to get dressed and drive in to work, picking up some breakfast on my way. Something told me to call though, and I’m mighty glad I did – there was a message saying that the office was closed for the time being, and that we should call back at 10 a.m. when there would be a final decision about the whole day. I hurried back to bed and slept until Claire woke us up at 8 a.m.! (I would have been SO PISSED if I had gone in to work without calling!). When I called again at 10 a.m. – when the storm was really just starting – I was happy to hear that the office would be called for the remainder of the day.
The day was so nice and offered a very nice rest. There were no errands to run. I did clean the kitchen and the rec room downstairs, but otherwise it was a lazy day. We drank tea, we played with Claire, watched a movie (Despicable Me 2), read, and did some crafts downstairs near the wood stove that roaring was away merrily.
A snowy day is much nicer when you don’t have to go anywhere!
And even more so when you have a nice, roaring fire in the fireplace
Watching Despicable Me 2:
