I never fully understand the magnitude of obsession this state has with blizzard weather conditions. Between the careless and reckless driving, the mad dash to the grocery store (cause it's not like we're all seriously overweight and couldn't probably use a week off of food) and the never-ending news coverage, the whole thing is so overly ridiculous it should be a Saturday Night Live skit. I watched the news this morning for about an hour (because that's how long I could stand it), and I swear it was like one reporter after another standing on some miscellaneous street intersection in downtown Baltimore asking random people trekking by what they thought of the snow. Then, they have to interview some county official/state employee/government office-holder and ask him/her such pressing questions like 'when do you expect the plows to get out there?' or 'how much salt does the state have to spread on the streets'. I wish I were lying. This stuff isn't newsworthy people. It's just not.

As if that weren't so bad, I have to deal with my husband (God love him, he's like a child) telling me updates on the snow every 10 minutes. "Wow. It's still snowing". "Jess, look outside - can you believe it?" "Wow, it's like 2 feet now".... then my mom calls and gets in on it. "Calling to see how you're holding up". Holding up? It's not too much of an emotional drain on me to sit inside the house all day watching the snow fall. I'm holding up just fine. Just fine. I mean, it's the weather.... what can you really do about it? What good does stressing out about it really do? I'll get out when I get out. If that's Monday - great. If that's March - so be it. I don't like most people anyway, so the opportunity to avoid social interaction is welcome. I've got my Xanex and my brownookies (a cross between a cookie and a brownie that I made today with the boys. Fabulous)... so I'm really doing ok. Of course, while we are on the subject of food - I am a little sad at the lack of pizza & Chinese food delivery options. So there's that. But again - nothing newsworthy.

Earlier today, I watched my neighbors dig themselves (metaphorically speaking - it was the cars they were working on) out of their parking spaces and then shovel 2/3rds of the street. I'm not sure why. In a week or so (I hope sooner, but doubt it) when the city snow plows come a chuggin through, they'll re-bury those cars along with half the yard. But I guess whatever keeps you busy when the budweisers run out and the Nascar races are all over.

I can't wait for Spring.