Once upon a time, when I was just a wee little freshman at OCC, preparing for my first ever college finals... the unthinkable happened! The great ice storm of '07 came and took finals away from me and it was great. School ended a week early and it is said to be the most astounding cancellation OCC has ever made. I never thought I would live to see another astounding cancellation... but I have.
This past week was a fun one. While some people complained of boredom, or of wasting our money because we couldn't go to class for a week, I made the best of it. First of all- not bored. Ever. Not once did I think, gee I would really love to be driving in this mess to school. Don't get me wrong- I LOVE class. I seriously do. But a random week of not waking up until 9:30 or 10? Hallelujah! Second of all, well, I'm sorry that this week of class was paid for and we did not receive our teaching. Honestly, all the professors are trying to catch up so it's not like we are learning any less. If anything, we are learning what speed-lectures are like! I can't say I minded the week off.
I always enjoyed snow days in the dorm because there are plenty of people around and plenty to do. So I thought maybe this week would have been more boring with only one person to hang out with... Umm no! I don't think so. What's better than your school, work, and husband's work telling you to stay home and hang out with each other? I'm not sure that the situation could have been better. Tyler and I honestly didn't do anything too exciting (well, except the tent we built in our living room). He taught me how to play the board game "Risk" (by the way, I am still undefeated 5-0... he hasn't asked me to play in a few days though...)... we watched a movie or two... I worked out as usual.. and we really just enjoyed having no where to go and no distractions and enjoyed each other's company. There's no one else that I would rather spend several days snowed in with!
Now I sit here as we wait for the next snow storm to approach. I am not terribly excited, but what happens happens. If something forces me to stay inside, that would be okay because today my face is in a constant state of frozenness and I do not like it one bit!
I hope that you have stayed nice and warm... and that you too will join me in praying that Mr. Groundhog was right and spring is just around the corner!
