Snow day!

Snow, real snow, more than we’ve gotten in Portland since 2004! The newscasters said we might get an inch. This morning in bed I felt sure none had fallen. When I looked outside I couldn’t believe not just a scatter, not just a few flakes from the sky but an entire blanket of white covered everything and a steady shower still fell down.
No school, no work, nada nada! It’s so deep little Dylan looks like an absurd snow dog trotting through fluffy white surf up to his armpits. All down the street couples walk arm and arm relieved from work by a surprise holiday. My neighbors talk and laugh watching their children and recounting the miscalculated weather report. Children lay on their backs staring at the sky they can’t remember the last snow so wonder at the white and the weightlessness of it.
And the best part, my favorite part, the hoped for part…the news telling you, “do not drive unless you have to, the mayor is telling everyone to stay home”….yipee!