The time I entertained myself (and maybe Brent) waiting for a non-existant snowstorm
Written January 19, 2007:
i’ve been watching fat rain drops fall out of the sky all morning
wishing they would spontaneously pop into big snowflakes like popcorn.
and the weather man keeps lying to me.
said snow would be here by lunch. then by 2. and now by 4pm.
I feel so disappointed. like no one came to my birthday party.
we have a fire going to keep us toasty and we’ve just laid around all day
waiting for a winter wonderland.
To keep busy I cleaned the kitchen,
then I took a pair of scissors to an old bridesmaids dress
and made it into a fantastic, tattered mess for a photo shoot.
Next I went upstairs to my closet and spent the better half of an hour
playing dress up.
I kept coming down stairs in wacky getups - a pillbox hat, an orange scarf and an old vintage dress with leg warmers.
What do you think?, I asked Brent.
Then I take it off and put something else on.
When I was in college I worked at a preschool one summer.
There was this little girl in the class who would wear tights with smiley faces on them, and a dress, and a skirt, and a vest and a cape with red sparkly -dorothy shoes.
She was one of my favorite kids in class.
and I felt like her today.
just put it all on together and work it.
Brent has just come in from outside
and announced that is indeed now snowing.
the weather man has finally redeemed himself.
in less than 24 hours we have managed to drink almost a full gallon of milk.
i know… pretty impressive.
amazing the things you can accomplish when you sit around the house all day.
M
