Snow Days and Grumpy Ol'..... ME!

 

I remember, with anticipation, waking up at 5AM and turning on KYW News Radio, 1060!  Listening for the news that all Public and Parochial Schools would be closed due to snow.  I remember hoping and praying with Jeff Porten (we may have done a snow dance) that enough snow would Fall to close Penn (who, at the time NEVER closed) and postpone our Calc Exam in College.  And, miracles of all miracles, it DID.  I still think I underperformed even with the extra time to study but.... oh well.  So why, on the 7th Day of 2022, did I wake up a little perturbed at the snow.  Yes, on 1/7/2021 I was annoyed by the overnight snow (it was only 3-4").  So I guess my Two for 2022 is Snow Days and Grumpy Ol' Me (yes ME, not men).  I know I am getting old when the idea of snow and a snow day does not bring me joy.  Maybe it's because most snow days are just remote work days (especially now during Covid and it has seemed to morph to that when Covid forces remote classes in K-12 as well).  Maybe it's because I have a hard time walking on dry, flat ground without falling over, who needs ice and snow?  BUT, what did bring me joy was looking at all of my FB Friends' snow and snow day pics of them, their pets, their kids, their landscapes.  Snow is best enjoyed at a distance.  SO I stayed in for most of the day, grumpy about the snow, but happy for the joy it brought others.