I know that, like me, most of you love a "snow day". School or work - or sometimes both (in my case, same difference) - are canceled, and you find yourself marooned on the desert island that is your home. Which is awesome.
Like me, you probably find yourself excited at the possibility of all the things you will accomplish on a snow day. Since I don't have kids and am currently without an "other half" (and boy, is that term a slippery slope), I have a little more freedom than most to dream up my list of cleaning out closets, reorganizing kitchen cabinets, and conquering mountains of laundry.
But do I do any of these things? No, I don't. "Why?" you ask? The answer is simple.
Netflix.
Netflix is responsible for keeping me from getting anything productive done for the last two and a half days. Now sure, I could accept the responsibility myself considering Netflix did not enter into kahootz (am I spelling that correctly? probably not) with my laptop and hold me down and force me to watch season 6 of Grey's Anatomy in its entirety, but whose side are you on? Don't judge me.
How many of you see snow days as an opportunity to overachieve, and how many of you see it as a completely free day, free of obligation and expectation? I think you can guess which side of the fence I've fallen on. I've been using these snow days as a chance to catch up on sleep, give my actual non-pajama clothing a rest, and let my brain wander about unattended and without true purpose like a small child at an amusement park - with a vague notion that it should be enjoying itself, but at the same time so overwhelmed that it just stands there slack-jawed and overstimulated. You mean I can do this? Or that over there? Or I can ride this? Or I can go over to that booth and eat some of that? What should I do first?? Which do I want more?? I can't decide!!
And because I can't decide, I zone out on my bed, watching 9 hours of Meredith and Derek and Christina and Izzy and Bailey and the Chief. Especially Christina. I think we could be friends, if she actually existed. I feel like we're actually pretty tight now that I've watched her navigate through a year's worth of issues in the last two days.
Snow days: friend or foe?
I am jealous for two reasons: 1. There are no snow days in Mexico. And 2. Even if there were, I could never watch that much television unless it was Dora the Explorer or some other such crap. Enjoy it as long as possible.
ReplyDeleteWe love Netflix too.
Some times a down day is totally necessary, especially at means the usual 'up and at em' are a bit easier to deal with. Also 9 hours of Greys? That sounds awesome! :)
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