Snow day!

1 December 2006

A winter storm hit St. Louis yesterday. It wasn’t as big as the media hype warned us it would be, naturally. There’s maybe an inch or two of snow at my house. But under that snow is freezing rain and beneath that is sleet. So it’s slick. And pretty:

The view from my second-floor window this morning

The ice snapped trees and power lines in various parts of the area, and some households are without power. I feel for them. I remember well the four days we were without power last summer and it was awful. Add cold, short days and roads that are hard to navigate to the mix, and I know I’d be miserable.

But I do have power. And a powerful furnace. So I’m kind of enjoying hunkering in and looking at the beauty outside. The dogs aren’t even going to get walks because it’s too slippery. I wish I could call it a snow day and just knit and watch Grey’s Anatomy all day on DVD. But it’s a workday.

There’s something about it being nice inside and yucky outside that makes me want to nest. So today will be devoted to—wait for it—organizing! My office is once again in disarray. And the room where I store my knitting paraphernalia is also a bit out of control. So the plan is to regain control of my space (and in the process declutter my mind), make some progress on a couple of projects, do a book-related conference call, then knit. And knit and knit.

I’d love a warm wind to come along and melt all this after a couple of days (that’s not supposed to happen), but for the moment, I’m going to enjoy the view of the winter wonderland outside my window and count my blessings that I don’t have to leave the house to work today.

Tagged with: decluttering, nesting, weather