Valentine's Day

Interesting day, and a good one. We were hit hard by snow, and started the day with the question of whether or not it was safe to attempt to go to work. The weather reports were saying that the precipitation would stop by around noon, and many businesses were operating on a two hour delay. We ultimately decided to wait until 10 AM and see how things looked at that time. We exchanged Valentine's Day gifts and occupied ourselves until then.

Things didn't look any better at that time. The weather reports still weren't changing, and yet the precipitation seemed to be getting markedly worse. I went outside to scout the situation, finding that the snow was especially wet and heavy, and difficult to shovel. I started shoveling us out, and could only make it to the driveway (never mind getting the driveway itself done), so that put an end to the idea of the idea of going to work today. The snow continued, and we found other things than work to do with our day, reading side by side, shoveling the rest of the way out, getting a few necessary things done around the house, and generally resting.

Nature gave us a Valentine's Day gift. It wasn't the day we'd planned, but we got to spend the day together instead of going to work. Not that the things we have to do at work aren't important, but they'll wait for a day. Sometimes life is good.