We had a flirtation with snow back in early November, but it was only on the ground for a few brief hours. From a meteorologist point of view, it “counts” as a snow… but from a girl gazing out the window for the first snow of the year that’s going to mean something, it hardly meant anything. I wanted a winter wonderland… and I got it!
Our snow over the weekend (December 3rd) was much more substantial, and now I think we can safely say that we’ve entered the winter season! We measured 3.8 inches at our house, while just 15 miles away at the office, that total was up to 6.3 inches. Such a short distance between the haves and the have-mores! I did indeed measure it, note when it started and stopped, and play in it. (JJ had a hard time figuring out how to fetch snowballs, though!) I even shoveled it, and let me tell you, that was a wet and sticky snow! Best of all, JJ surprised me with how long he played in the snow. I haven’t seen him run laps in the snowy backyard like that since we left Pennsylvania 6 years ago!
Shoveling snow late on 12/3/11, with JJ heading out to play in the backyard... again!
The snow is still on the ground, and looking ahead to the weather forecast, I don’t think it’ll be going away anytime soon. Will it still be here at Christmas? We’ll have to wait and see! It puts me in the mood to get my tree up and bake some Christmas goodies. Unfortunately, all of that will have to wait until my semester ends. Or until I have the urge to procrastinate my term paper and final exam studies :). Lately, I’ve been feeling as exasperated as Laura did in Little Town on the Prairie before the literaries began — right down to wooden swearing and wanting to play while I’m still young. Even Laura took a break from her studies to have fun sometimes, right? Did it really hurt her in life to get only a 92-plus in arithmetic?
Well, time to buckle down again. The snow and festivities will have to wait.