Snow day!

[rivka]

There's about four inches of snow on the ground already, and it's snowing steadily. The Weather Channel is predicting a total accumulaton of 8-12 inches. The roads are a mess, and commuter rail is running at least an hour behind and canceling trains due to frozen switches. The clinic, needless to say, is closed. curiousangel's office is technically open, but they're not expecting him to show up.

Snow day! I feel like a little kid, except that my mother isn't calling me to come out and help shovel the driveway so my dad can go to work. Somehow this is a lot more fun than an ordinary holiday. I want to go out and build a snowman.

Comments

"Needless to say"?!

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

Okay, *where* are you from again? Because you can't possibly be from central New York, with that attitude. ;-)

(I admit it, if they got a foot of snow in one day *here*, things would be a little chaotic. But this Michigander would laugh at them.)

Enjoy your day off!

-J

[mittelbar.livejournal.com]

We don't get snow days. We have to take vacation for that.

In other words, I'm "working" from home.

Snow!

[tendyl.livejournal.com]

Lucky!!! We don't have snow yet. It's probably coming, but enjoy it for me?

I keep trying to arrange sledding...oh well, eventually, before I move to a place where there is no snow.

[geekchick]

My boss called about 9:15 to tell me the office is closed, woohoo! Not that I wasn't planning on taking one of the personal days I need to use or lose by the end of the year anyway. ;) I haven't been able to go play in the snow in far too long.

I'm actually surprised to see that the government isn't even on liberal leave today. Makes me glad our policy isn't tied to theirs.

[jilesa.livejournal.com]

Heh... Even JHU closed for the day. Of course, they didn't *decide* they were closing down for the day until after I'd gotten to work-- 30 minutes late, of course, because two different buses got stuck this morning, necessitating hikes up to the next bus stop. I got to work just in time to turn the computer on, look at email, and then hear the announcement that they were closing the library and sending everyone home. Bleargh. At least one of my coworkers kindly drove me home, so that I didn't have to deal with more stuck buses on the way back. :P

But now I'm inside and the snow is Out There and I don't have to go out again until tomorrow morning. I have coffee and hot cocoa, and I have books to read and cats to snuggle. It could be worse. :)

[eeyorerin]

Oh goodness, I remember snow in Maryland during my undergrad days there. (And I'm from central New York). I was amazed at the chaos happening because they just didn't have the facilities to deal with it. All my native-Marylander roommates would be panicking, and I'd just be sorta like "ooh. snow. nifty. wanna go sledding?"

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

Enjoy the surprise day off!

We just have flurries and slush here, so no snow days yet.

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

Snow? What is this "snow?" :-)

In the SF bay area we get stupid driver tricks when it rains; I've never witnessed a snow reaction as the one time it snowed here, I was back in Chicago enjoying a blustery, but precipitation-free, day.

Have fun and go build your snowman!{

[jenett]

*grin* To be honest, 8-12 inches here, falling in the early morning or rush hour would shut down a lot of Minnesota, too.

Of course, now that I work at a high school which would actually close (and the husband-person has already said that if school closes, we're staying home) it hasn't actually closed in the 2.5 years I've been here. Though we've closed early a couple of times, or had after-school activities cancelled.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

This makes me want snow.

[kightp.livejournal.com]

Oooh, snow.

May I be a vicarious virtual participant in your snow day?

I don't actually miss snow, most of the time, but I'm home sick anyway and a snow day would be nifty, 'cause I could put some wood on the fireplace and pour some Jameson's into my coffee and pretend I was all snowed in.

Instead we seem to have blue skies and temperatures in the mid 50s, and I feel like I should by Out Accomplishing Things, but don't have the energy to do it...