Snow Day

Growing up in Maryland, we would usually get a couple of snow days. We would get all bundled up in layers of socks, snow pants, coats, hats, gloves and scarves. You know, the kind of clothes that force you to waddle out of the house.



Then there would be sledding, snow fort building, stock piling of snow balls for the impending war.... Go to minute 4:14 for a classic snowball fight.



Then we would come home, soaking wet, and lay our gloves and scarves over the heat vents to dry. Mom would have hot chocolate ready for us, with marshmallows. She would also bake cinnamon rolls. We would get warmed up, and maybe when we were tired of the snow we would watch movies.














There were two very large snowfalls that I can remember. One happened when we were living in Maryland. My brother's best friend was sleeping over, and got stuck at our house for days. My finals were delayed for a week or two, which was fantastic.

The second one happened when I was in college. The snowfall in 2000 was so deep that the University shut down for almost a week. After a couple of days in our apartment, we were bored with the movies we had, so my roommate decided to drive to Blockbuster. We returned victorious, with a stack of movies. Next thing we know, there are knocks at our door. Our neighbors wanted to trade brownies for the opportunity to watch a movie :) It was a pretty good deal.