it's a bad day...it's a snow day

~Lisa Loeb ("Snow Day")

Every 2 weeks, my roommate and i switch off in the garage. As lack of luck would have it, this is my week to be outside and i'm pretty sure little red isn't too stoaked about it:

If you can't see it in the photo, let me paint a picture for you: two foot plus snow drifts, crazy wind, at least a foot of powder on the sidewalks and no plowers anywhere in sight. According to the newspaper, they plow neighborhoods if we have 2 or more inches....hmmm. This is the closest to a blizzard i've ever experienced: three days of almost continual snow and wind. "Luckily" i got a little sick last night, so staying home wasn't hard to justify. i'm pretty sure this winter storm will cure me of dreaming for a white Christmas ever again. Weirdly, i don't even feel like going outside and making a snowman!

i guess this is what you get when you live at almost 4000 feet...