When you’re young, snow days are a gift from the snow gods.
You get to stay home, play in the snow, maybe drink some hot cocoa. You
definitely don’t have to go to school. Now that I’m an adult, snow days are
still nice to have, but not always as exciting when I was a kid. There is snow
to shovel and roofs to clean. House chores need to get done. Snow days can be
work!
Yesterday was snow day for me. It was going to be a snow day
regardless because of my hour long commute and the really horrible forecast.
Thankfully, it was a workplace wide closing. Regardless, I got to stay home
where it’s warm and comfy.
It’s also where my bird is.
Oh,.. right. And also my husband.
Him too.
Anyway, this is the story of my snow day.
I woke up. This is essential to any snow day. You must, at
some point in time, wake up. I even checked my email, which is when I learned
that it wasn’t just ME having a snow day, but the whole University.
GREAT!
I did regular wake up stuff. Got out of bed. Made breakfast.
Got dressed.
Once the waking up was settled, I did a workout. This was
total strategy. I wanted a workout done and in the books early so I could
continue on my day. I tried a new one – LesMills Grit. It was really hard.
Also, fun fact. On Wednesdays we wear pink.
WRONG FACT! Also, not true either.
On Wednesdays I have an online commitment where I answer
Moodle questions for people in the college/University system I work for. Even though
my University was closed, other sites were open. So I still served my two
hours.
It’s usually really quiet and no one logs on to ask
questions. Of course, on a snow day people came on. Right in the middle of my
workout!
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| I wish I looked like Stephen Amell while working out... |
I stopped, answered the question, went back to the workout.
Finished it.
GREAT. Workout done.
I cleaned the pellet stove because it was pellet stove
cleaning day. Also, laundry.
After I finished my Moodle shift – there was even ANOTHER
person who logged on! Who knew that a snow day would be so popular?!?!
Righto—moving on.. finished my shift. I did the thing I’ve
been putting off.
Technically, that’s lots of things, come to think of it. But
this was important.
I went through my clothes.
All of the clothes that don’t fit anymore because they are really
too big, they went into a bin. I tried some other clothes on. I dredged up
enough pants that fit that I don’t have to feel like I’m wearing the same
clothes every day.
Although there are a lot of black pants in there, so ---
that’s a thing.
It was kind of liberating to get rid of clothes that are
really too big.
And I was really grateful that I kept so many clothes that
were, at the time, too small.
I just have to find a place for my old pants to go.
I finished that and when outside to play in the snow. I
shoveled for absolutely no reason. There’s not that much snow yet. I just
wanted to get in some steps.
I also shoveled a path to the compost pile. Something has
definitely been exploring it, but I’m not sure what. The tracks were pretty
big.
ANYWAY—have at it wild animals!
I also made a really horrible snow angel.
I spent a considerable chunk of my afternoon finishing a
puzzle and listening to Critical Role. I was actually able to catch up to the
new season, which was really awesome for me.
Also, throw in a few more times shoveling, just for steps. I
made it easy to get around my car.
Made some dinner and had a little TV time. That's just about my day.
And, if you made it this far through my day, you might be
wondering why.
You came here for my food and diet facts. What is this day
of nonsense post?
There is actually a lot of sense in my nonsense.
Normally my days are planned out. I know what I’m doing and
about when. Everything follows a specific rhythm which makes it easy to follow.
On the flip side, it gets really tedious and when tedious happens, we tend to
get bored. Snow days are a nice time to break up that pattern and see what
happens.
Can I hit my fitness goals while I’m at home? Is there a new
food combination I can try?
I learned that eating oatmeal for breakfast throws off my
protein intake for the whole day because it doesn’t pack as big a punch as my
banana breakfast smoothie.
I tried a new workout. I didn’t enjoy it as much as some of
the others but I didn’t die doing it. I also hit my goals by making a lot of
active choices like shoveling and working out. I don’t ALWAYS need to plan out my workouts and I'm really good at being active. That’s good to know.
I was able to add variety into what is normally a really
routine schedule. It's also nice to have some downtime where I can do things like puzzles and cleaning my wardrobe. Downtime lets my brain relax and cleaning my wardrobe helps me be better prepared for workdays when I need to throw on some clothes. Clothes that fit being preferable.
Snow days are a nice way for me to relax, explore, and re-energize for the rest of the week.
Or just to get in a lot of shoveling.
