Taking A "Snow Day"

Today I declared this to be a "Snow Day." I live in Houston, Texas and it almost never snows here. So how could I do that? Let me explain it to you.

In our northern states like Ohio, New York and Wisconsin, sometimes the snowfall is so heavy that the powers that be close the school because it is nearly impossible to get children to school. So the kids have the day off from school. Our equivalent down here in Houston would be a cold day with ice on the roads or when we are in the middle of a really bad rain storm... the latter could be called a "flood day."

Anyway, I felt the need to escape from the grind for a day. I had been inundated by so many issues personal and otherwise, that I no longer had the strength or the inclination to slog through it. So since all the various things that I had to do had simply come at me too fast and too furiously, I was drowning in my responsibilities, I took a cue from my fellow Americans from the north. I declared today a snow day and I stayed home and just sort of chilled out [pun unintended.] I just needed to recharge my batteries for 24 hours and that is exactly what I did.

Well I have and now I am ready to head back into the grind once again. Taking a snow day is not something I can or should do very often. But every so often it is just what the doctor ordered and we need to give ourselves just a bit of time just to live unencumbered by the stuff that normally clutters our days and sucks up our time.

Take my word for it. Snow Days are good for the soul. You ought to try it sometime.