Snow Days!

So this is a little late, but wow, the Arctic Blast / Polar Vortex, whatever they were calling the winter storm that went through two weeks ago!

I wasn't very prepared as I assumed the weather people were going to get the forecast wrong and we wouldn't get the amount of snow predicted. Saturday, Matt and I went to Indy for the Colts game, you know, the one where they came back and beat the Chiefs? It was an extremely exciting night! We didn't have a bit of trouble getting home. Sunday is usually my grocery store day, but when we got up, everything was already snow covered and it was coming down in the most beautiful large flakes.

Photo Matt took from his truck, the trees are beautiful!

Matt went out around noon to start plowing snow and I decided  I wouldn't be going anywhere for the rest of the day. I started some laundry, cleaned up the kitchen and started the dishwasher and got cozy on the couch watching a Law & Order marathon. About an hour later, the power went out, panic immediately hit me. Thankfully it came back on in less than an minute, but I decided right then that I needed to get in the shower and charge up my cell phone in case it went out again.After getting out of the shower, I decided that I  should start cleaning the house, what else was there to do? Later that afternoon, I got an email that campus would be closed Monday, meaning I was going to get an adult snow day! I had planned on taking down the Christmas tree, but decided I could do it Monday and enjoy it one last night. Matt got home around 8:00 p.m. from plowing, ate some dinner and went to bed.

I enjoyed the last night of our Christmas tree.

Monday morning, Matt was up early to finish plowing. I took down all the Christmas decorations and caught up with some of my friends on the phone. I was getting cabin fever and going nuts in the house, so I was happy that Matt wanted to go out and get something to eat. Finding somewhere open was a challenge! The roads were horrible and it was no surprise with the dropping temperatures and poor road conditions that campus was closed again Tuesday.

Tuesday, I was running out of things to clean so I decided to start organizing closets and cabinets. I found a shelf in the laundry room that was for those cabinets, but it would fit perfectly in the cup cabinet that I have hated since we moved in. I was extremely happy with the outcome! Unfortunately, I didn't take any before and after pictures :( I also cleaned and organized the pantry, which turned out to be a good thing because we discovered we had a mouse! That's a story for another time, though.

I must say, I was happy to get into the office on Wednesday and out of the house. Of course Matt wouldn't let me drive, and it was probably a good thing, so he dropped me off at work.

We are just at the end of January and I am already tired of the cold weather and snow (as I write this from sunny Florida)! It seems like every time a glimmer of hope for a warm up comes, it's followed by more snow and cold weather...is is summer yet?