Here, in Ontario, this was to be the first day back to in-person school since Christmas break. How ironic that it is a “Snow Day” with the weather so threatening that not only were the buses cancelled but the schools were actually closed. It is snowy and cold out there – a good day to hunker down and do those things that we always put off until we have time. You know, things like sort your sock drawer, pitch out your old underwear, tidy the front hall closet, organize your book case, clean out the freezer, binge watch a series or write those letters and notes you never get to.
I have always thought snow days were a gift. All those scheduled things get put off and here is a day yawning before us to make home-made soup, have an afternoon nap or just look out the window and daydream about warmer climes!
So what are you going today with this gift of time? I saw a tv commercial, I don’t remember what they were advertising, but I do remember the tagline – “Make every second count.” Well that seems like a bit of pressure to me. Sometimes I want to make the time not count but to just let it be time that hangs in the air. Snow days are like that for me – time suspended. On snow days we can make the weather reason for doing or not doing something. Always accompanied with hot chocolate.
For me – it is ‘tidy the basement day’. I am going to put on a podcast and sort all those things that need to be sorted, toss all those things that need to be tossed, stack all those things that need to be stacked, and organize all those things that need to be organized. And at the end of the day if, it happens that instead I read a book and have a nap, well, I can do that. It’s a snow day!
