Another Snow Day, But Different

I do love snow. Jogging this morning was very scenic. I wasn't able to enjoy the view as much as I would have liked, however. Jogging in the snow is more work than jogging on snow-free road, and today was more difficult than usual because the roads were not plowed well. I also have to watch cars more closely in case they come a little too close since they have less control in the snow. All the same, it was a beautiful snowfall. In my mind the New England seasons reflect the cycle of life. In winter life has gone "underground," retreated into hibernation. Snow to me is a promise of life to come, and Spring will give birth to that new life. It takes winter to make us really appreciate the arrival of spring. Today was a different kind of snowday for me. I had no time to goof off and just enjoy myself. I had to do my laundry, which I had put off for so long that I had to rent a truck to haul it to the laundry room. Just kidding. I paid ten strong men to carry it for me. I had to wrap & package four books to go into the mail, and yesterday I got a new phone so I had to spend time programming it. (No. Not a cell phone). My car also went into the shop yesterday so the dealership could do major work on the brake system today. My Mother was kind enough to take time out of her day yesterday to bring me back home after I dropped my car off, and to bring me back this afternoon to pick it up. I also had to wait around at the dealership because they forgot to do the emissions test and had to do it while I was there. I arrived back home with just enough time to take the books I had packaged to the Post Office before it closed, after which I went to the supermarket to get the Italian desert I was going to bring to the Chinese New Year Celebration tomorrow. In a very disappointing turn of events, they didn't have any in the store, so I had to settle for getting a cookie platter. Finally, I went home and ate lunch. Well, actually it was probably more like dinner since it was 5:45. So you can see, this was a very different kind of snowday than the last one I wrote about. It was a very productive day, but also a very tiring one. Now it is 6:44, and my only plans are to relax on the couch and drink a cup of green tea. After that, who knows? Maybe a fairy princess will swoop me up and take me to live in a castle happily ever after. Hey, stranger things have happened...