snow day!
i woke up this AM and my (teacher) wife already had the television on. as i was walking downstairs i heard her yelp for joy and i spotted her doing a little jig in front of the tv, which only meant one thing…snow day! rather than taking the opportunity to play bumper cars i opted for a vacation day and went back to bed.
after round one of shoveling, i geared up for a late afternoon constitutional. i grabbed my "yak-trax" for some extra traction and headed out the door. temps were in the low 30’s, which felt very comfortable considering recent history. i improvised a 5K loop around the neighborhood to avoid too much traffic and ran it twice. it was entertaining to see all the christmas lights on in the neighborhood since most aren’t on in the wee hours of the morning when i’m normally out and about. in all, i mustered 6.25 miles at a very leisurely pace and went back to work with round two of shoveling.