Snow Day

Well, us mild weather Pacific Northwesterners are never prepared for snow.  An inch turns our world upside down.  So imagine the state of panic we are in with several – that’s right – SEVERAL : ) inches of snow, plus freezing rain, plus more snow.  The Minnesota girl in me wants to laugh, but 10 years in Seattle has turned me into a complain-y wimp and it is sort of a mess.

Ice is covering everything in sight!  And it is just so pretty!

Well, anyway, we made quite the adventure of it today.  It’s day 2 snow bound and the hubby and I got a bit of cabin fever.  Plus, I had packages to send to my customers!  Now I know the USPS is so very proud of making it through anything to deliver mail, but no one showed up yesterday and for me, the mailman also means mail pick up – which is way more important.  I wasn’t willing to risk another day of not having packages picked up.  So, a trip to the post office was in order.  Our post office is normally about a 10 minute drive.  Or today, a 35 minute walk, plus a 10 minute light rail ride, plus another 10 minute walk….that’s one way.  I know it sounds like I’m complaining, but it was actually a lot of fun.

Precious cargo ready to go…

Lots of ice covered trees on the way to the light rail station.

Train ride!

Made it to the post office.

Jewels safely in the mail drop.

Don’t worry.  I rewarded myself for after my trek…

While Tom worked…

He’s had a lot on his mind lately.

Then, I saw THIS!  So awesome!  I should have take video.  She was going ridiculously fast.

And, this is how I felt.  Utterly content.

Then, it was time to head home in the ice covered neighborhood.

It was a beautiful day.