There's No Business Like Snow Business

Sorry this post is a bit sappy. but eh, that's the mood i'm in today:

Let me tell you about one of the key differences between Wisconsin and The South.

In The South, when it snows (or even threatens to snow), everyone is really excited because the world will cease turning and you get an entire day free. It doesn't matter if it's only 1/2 an inch, or that the snow might not come at all. If any weatherman mentions the S-word, bam! you get a free day. No work, no school, no responsibilities of anykind. It's the one day that all people, from all walks of life can agree on something: snowdays are the best!

The crappy party about here, is that the nothing is put on pause for the snow. No one even gets excited about it. It's just another hindrance to get through your day.

There are a few exceptions of course. When it threatens 12" and no one thinks the plow trucks will get to clear the roads on time, you might just get your wish and have a day off.

Last year, those Snow Days were hands-down one of the best parts of my life.

You see Husband and I are both in professions that give us the day-off for snow. And those were the only days off we ever had together. (being that we have different weekday schedules and all)

In true southern form, we would rush to the grocery store the night before the storm. (and by the way, NO ONE does that here. How weird, I thought buying milk and bread when it snowed was the same as boiling water and ripping sheets when someone was having a baby...). We would get enough groceries for 3 days, and rent a couple movies.

We had this tradition of making potato soup with a baguette every snow day. Then snuggle on the couch and watch movies, and usually go frolic in the snow (... for about 30 minutes, until our clothes were soaked and our lips were blue). Lacking a fireplace, we would even watch youtube videos of roaring fires while we sipped delicious hot beverages; cocoa for me, cider for him.

They were such wonderful days, I will always think back on those as some of the best times I've had in Wisconsin.

I say all this because it sounds like this Wednesday will be one of those epic snow days, and it looks like I'll be alone for it. I'm going to try my best to enjoy it and not mope, but I will definitely be thinking about those lovely snow filled days of last year and remembering them fondly.