I stayed up way too late last night reading*, and as I was finally, reluctantly, going to sleep I could hear the snow and wind outside just buffeting our house. It sounded ferocious, and I couldn't help but hope that our kitty was snuggled up in her blankets in the garage.
(This is the same amazing cat who survived all last winter when we thought she was lost and gone forever, dreadful sorry Clementine. She's gotta be 13?? years old?? but she's still hanging in there. )
There are no sweeter words on a brutally cold winter morning than, "school's cancelled today." I took full advantage of the opportunity to sleep in. Ahhhh...
I love lounging luxuriously with my kids when it's a snow day. Just lolling around in blankets, and having a pancake brunch. And the bonus is -- I don't have to leave the house to go pick anyone up. I did have that built-in alarm go off right around 3:15, but I was just as relieved to shut that one off as I had been this morning.
It's nice for Dan, too, who is missing school this week due to a particularly evil flu virus he brought home from the winter youth retreat. His temp on Monday was 104.7! I can't remember a higher temperature ever, with any of my kids. There was that one Christmas we bought him the riding-on police motorcycle when he was so sick, but I don't think it was higher than 104. We're hoping the rest of us will be spared. Pass the echinacea and orange juice!
*"World Without End" is the sequel to "Pillars of the Earth" and it's every bit as riveting...and long. But every time I read/say/think the words "world without end" I hear in my head "Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be. World without end, Amen. Amen."
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