March 2024 SOLC–Day 24
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It was pretty clear by Friday afternoon that Saturday would not be a good day for travel. I summarily decided that I would be going nowhere and doing nothing. It was going to be an at home snow day and I was leaning into it. The last two weekends had been packed and I was stick-a-fork-in-me done!
So, Friday night we picked up ingredients for soup and a few other essentials. We made sure the wood was stacked high by the wood stoves. I went to sleep knowing I had no plans for the next day, feeling oddly and deliciously liberated by having some choices and “should do’s” curtailed by the impending storm.
I woke up, eager to check out the snowfall (maybe 2 inches so far), made coffee and fed the cats. Then I wrote, read and commented. Played some word games. Next, I made pumpkin pancakes and topped them with ginger jam. Yum! I washed the sheets and made the bed. I watched the snow fall. I let each moment unfold into the next, letting my mood and inclination guide me.
I willfully ignored school work and tax prep. I finished a book (The Mona Lisa Vanishes). I watched the birds in the snow and took some pictures. I shoveled the walkway. I sat by the wood stove in the living room and read a new book (The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch). For hours. From start to finish. Sheer, unadulterated bliss! I had wine and Tostitos for dinner (to hell with making soup!). Then, I finished the day by watching two episodes of “Miss Scarlet and the Duke” with Kurt. I almost never watch anything, but it felt like the perfect way to wind up my very low-key day.
After watching, we shut down the house and headed up to bed, ready to finish the day with more reading. Within minutes of my getting in bed, the lights flickered. Once. Twice. Three times…and gone. Oh, well. Hopefully, this will be a Camelot scenario and power will be on when we wake in the morning.
Outside the snow had turned to rain or ice. It lashed against the windows.
Inside, we turned on our book lights and read.
It had been a really nice day.
Nix the comfort zone 
My favorite thing about your story is how weather replaced a busy day with an enjoyable, relaxing day. I actually felt a calm settle over me as I read about reading, sitting by the fire, watching the birds in the snow, and making soup…and then I chuckled when you abandoned that involved task for Tostitos and wine! I’m glad you enjoyed your snow day!
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Thanks! It was a lovely day…very lazy and very welcome! And the Tostitos were the perfect entree!
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I desperately need a snow day…without the snow.
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The snow and the forecast were an excellent excuse to bail on everything! The problem is that I still want to bail! 12 days to break!!
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GLORIOUS DAY! I especially love the idea of soup, but the Tostitos and wine really was what was needed at that moment. These details you share really help me picture all of the relaxing on that snow day!
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It was such a treat to just do whatever I felt like all day long.
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sometimes those days that derail plans are the best! I love the comfort you bring to us – soup,
firewood,
reading
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Soup, firewood and reading are the trifecta of snow days!
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I’m with Margaret–I also need a snow day, with no snow, but lots of time to stay in and not feel one bit guilty about not being productive!
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I highly recommend it!
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A perfectly delicious day Molly!!
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It was!
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A perfectly delicious day Molly!
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