When Dreams Come True

Okay so maybe there IS such a thing as a snow day in the real world. Who knew?

I woke up this morning and checked outside to see the snow condition. Not too bad. Cars were moving right along, I could still see pavement - you get the idea. But just to be sure, I turned on the radio to one of the stations listed on yesterday's "listen here for details" email at work. Nope - not listed. Just to be extra extra sure, I checked my answering machine after I got out of the shower. No calls. No big shocker there. Work would go on as it ALWAYS does.

I turned on the news and watched the weather lady step into the road and swish her toe around in about the inch of snow that was there. She was going on and on about the terrible road condition, and I sat on the bed saying, "Lady, I can see the pavement. It's an inch of snow. It's not bad!"

So I made my coffee, packed my peanut butter and jelly toast, warmed up the car and zipped right on over to work. Truthfully, this is the best the roads have been all winter. No getting stuck, no sliding, no fishtailing. I parked, walked up to the office, turned on all the lights, opened up the files, started up the computers, and waited for all the out of towners to show up. Then I saw the email. Campus closed.

Well isn't that just swell.

So I shut down the computers, locked up the office, picked up my coffee, and headed back to my car. I drove to the gas station for an iced tea and came right back home. The cats were very confused - no doubt I just ruined their day of "Mom's not home" fun.

And just so you'll know - I checked the website for my radio station - my work was not listed. So see, I did everything I was supposed to do and the cancellation notice just wasn't there. It doesn't matter though. I'm scrapping the day away, eating a little treat of frozen pizza (okay I baked it first) and some FABULOUS chocolate chip cookies I baked the other night during my Izzie-fest.

It would have been nice to stay in bed all day, per my #1 choice on yesterday's dreaming post. But it's a good thing I didn't since my doorbell rang - and that would have been embarrassing if I'd shown up with bedhead and droopy mascara.

Oh, and Phats - in honor of our conversation I watched Little House while I scrapped. And Faith - I watched Ellen, too! Now I'm going to go see what sorts of shows are aired while I'm at work in the afternoon, and I'm going to watch them because I can. :)