Winter isn't coming. Winter has arrived.
It's November...and it's the first snow day for the kids. Buses are cancelled in our school district and although schools are open for business, my girl is not one of the "lucky" ones to be in attendance. No, I made sure she made it to daycare, with her school lunch and school bag because I didn't check my phone for notifications of the cancellations which I should have assumed were coming due to the road conditions. I even started out earlier so that I would be on time at the daycare, driving slowly down snow covered roads, windswept with more snow and in poor visibility. My question really is Why? Why do I, and so many others around me, place such loyalty in getting to our work on a day like today? It's ONE day and although my job duties can't all be performed from home, I could still take the day - rest and be safe - but instead, I risk the roads and hope for the best. It won't be the last time I do it either. My cleaning lady did though (yes I have a cleaning lady!) and so she should. My house is not a priority in her life, her safety is more important.
I should have stayed in bed and enjoyed a day with my children.
I didn't and now I'm paying for my mistake: I forgot my keys to the parking garage and have to pay for parking, I spilled my coffee, left my work pass at home and I can't check a temporary visitor pass out because I had one on Friday that I also forgot at home...
Maybe it's not just today, but every day.
On the plus side, it is beautiful with snow and with Christmas a month away, I don't mind.
But I should have stayed in bed.
