#1816 the joy of staying home

I've had a nice amount of time off work, but I still find myself saying tonight, "I have to go back to work tomorrow? Darn it!"

This morning MT woke me up at 7:20 by kind of shouting, "Sandy! Sandy! It's 7:20! You're gonna be late for work!"

I had been sound asleep since I had gone to bed a bit later than normal (I was watching the last Harry Potter movie). I replied, "The office is closed today. I don't have to work."

There was silence for a second and then, "Oh. I did not know that. Never mind."

A couple of thoughts on this exchange. First, I have to be at work at 8:00. Waking up at 7:20 doesn't give me a lot of time to get ready. Second, we got a couple of inches of snow overnight, so I would have been really late for work because not only would I have had to get up and get dressed and make myself slightly presentable, I would have had to brush off my car and scrape the windows and deal with the slow traffic.

Thankfully, I didn't have to deal with any of that stuff. In fact, I didn't leave the house at all today. I did go outside to throw out some garbage and to throw a snowball at Osi, but those outside minutes don't really count. I washed, dried and folded several loads of laundry, looked at my financial situation (eek!) and read. I even managed to fit in a little nap. I will miss my daily naps when I got back to work. Guess I better get to bed at a reasonable time tonight.

That being said, I think I'll hobble up the stairs and start my bedtime preparations. It's snowing again right now, so I'll have to plan a few extra minutes in the morning for snow removal from the car. Sigh. Winter.