I knew I was asking for it when I moved to Wisconsin, but come ON.This past Wednesday, we got clobbered. I think it set records. We got a whopping 18 inches throughout the course of the day (as evidenced by the piles of snow you can see by our driveway and front walk), and it was such an intense blizzard that the MSO canceled both subscription rehearsals it had scheduled for the day, and the local malls closed. You know it's bad when that happens!
Today I checked weather.com for the forcast for our area. Guess what it said?
Severe Weather Alert
Current Temperature: -5 degrees
Feels like: -31 degrees
Today's High: 1 degree
Winds gusting to over 40 mph
I'm sorry, but that's insane.
But it does make beautiful frost patterns on our kitchen windows. I particularly enjoy the silhouette of the Amaryllis that David's mom gave us for Christmas that's sprouting up quite healthily on our kitchen sink windowsill.
Unfortunately, this means no foreseeable end to my cabin fever, though it's not too bad yet.
I just can't bring myself to go out in this ridiculous weather, much less subject a 2 month-old infant to it (although in his well-insulated and shielded carrier he'd probably be fine for 3 minutes while I hurriedly shuttle him inside somewhere).Fortunately Benny is providing lots of entertainment and warm cuddling, and I have a lot of fun practicing I want to do these days. I volunteered to play Salome this week since they hadn't yet found a replacement for me, and I'm really excited about it.
Of course there's also all the office paperwork and tax preparation I have to do sometime in the next few weeks, but practicing is much more fun than that....
1 comment:
Oooh, you ARE cold!!
Amazing that rehearsals AND the malls were closed -- that's when you know the weather was really extreme!
I'm glad that Benny is coming along so well (AND his parents!) and that you are going to actually be able to PLAY in the orchestra sooner than you thought!
Thanks for keeping me in the loop.
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