Oh Boy! A Snow Day! My Favorite!

I recently read that if dogs kept diaries, each entry would likely read something like this:

(Month Day, Year)

7:30 am: Oh Boy! Morning! My favorite!
8:00 am: Oh boy! Dog Food! My favorite!
8:15 am: Oh boy! A walk! My favorite!
9:00 am: Oh boy! Water! My favorite!
10:00 am: Oh boy! A nap! My favorite!
12:00 pm: Oh boy! A run in the yard! My favorite!

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Late last night, my sister Tara and I texted back and forth, attempting to quell one another’s excitement over an impending snow day. There’s nothing worse, after all, than laying your head down on the pillow at 11:30pm thinking you’ll awaken to a world covered in a deep coating of snow, yet opening your eyes six hours later, only to realize that the weatherman’s predictions were off by enough inches to steal the snow day that was so close within reach.

Thus, when I woke this morning to the winter wonderland that had swirled through my dreams, crawled to my computer to read with blurry eyes a posting on the college website that read: “Classes cancelled until 11:50,” I got so happy that if I were a dog, my tail would have wagged furiously for hours.

The rest of my day went something like this:


February 24, 2010

6:30 am: Oh boy! A snow day! My favorite!
     
6:35 am: Oh boy! Climbing back into my warm bed! My favorite!
       
9:45 am: Oh boy! Waking up the electrifying din of snow blowers! My favorite!
      
9:50 am: Oh boy! Putting on eight layers of clothes! My favorite!
    
10:00 am: Oh boy! Shoveling snow on a beautiful winter morning! My favorite!
      
10:45 am: Oh boy! Taking a walk with Marty and Joey! My favorite!
     
11:30 am: Oh boy! Returning to my warm home! My favorite!
     
11:45 am: Oh boy! Changing into dry, comfy clothes! My favorite!
     
12:00 pm: Oh boy! Hot coffee! My favorite!
     
12:30 pm: Oh Boy! Making Irish Stout Beef Stew! My favorite

1:30 pm: Oh boy! Reading a book while cuddled on the couch with Joey! My favorite!
     
2:45 pm: Oh boy! Eating Irish Stout Beef Stew for lunch! My favorite!
     
3:30 pm: Oh boy! Watching a movie and cuddling on the couch with the whole fam! My favorite!
   
11:00 pm: Oh boy! Getting ready for bed after a long day filled with plenty of R&R! My favorite!

  

  MARTY AND JOEY TRUDGE THROUGH SLUSHY SNOW AND DENSE FLAKES

 

If every dog has her day, today was mine!