"Calamity" Day...

The snowstorm has come and passed (hopefully), and today is yet another "calamity" day according to the Worthington School District... Doesn't mean much to us since no one here is in school, but it is an interesting choice of words for this Southern girl. I think back home we would've just called this a "Hurricane Day." So, what does calamity day mean for us?

• A solid snow/ice layer about 10 inches or more thick
• The inability to move either car out of the driveway without carving them out of the snow and ice


• A few hours worth of work chiseling and shoveling the snow from the doorways, driveways, walkways, and stairways (thank you, BDP)


• Sledding down the little hill in our front yard --- a perfect sized hill for a preschooler


• Icicles 3 feet long dangling from the roof


• A cancelled (or rescheduled) Chris Tomlin/Matt Redman/Louie Giglio concert that was very highly anticipated... it was for the best


• Soup --- very hot soup --- would've been gumbo had the ingredients already been on hand


• A Valentine's Day that almost went without chocolate (a late trip to the market late in the day saved us!)
  
• A daily schedule thrown out in favor of a "bonus" day hanging out with our little family... well, technically Brian was working from home, but I can't imagine how he concentrated with all the kiddie noise in the background!

There's plenty more to thaw around here, so we'll just have to see what happens tomorrow...