snow day!

i love snow! like i LOVE snow. and i love it when God stops the world by means of inclement weather. it's hard sometimes because we americans are insistent. we are often overachieving hard workers who feel the constant need to work work work. rest? rest is for the weak! so when cars remain parked on sidewalks and in driveways, and people remain in their houses or apartments unable to go their jobs or other places, there is something really beautiful about that; at least there's something beautiful about it to me. one of the coolest things i got to witness today was a conversation between my neighbors as they shoveled out their cars. it was cool to watch people in the world come together in conversation. and i feel like things like snow do that. so yay for snow! it's beautiful. 

in addition to that, i truly feel like there are certain things that always remind me of God. usually the things i love do that for me. and snow is one of those things. looking at the snow fall, or just seeing everything covered in white, i don't know, it just floors me and makes my heart smile. to me it's one of God's many ways of saying "look what I can do!". and today was an extra special treat because in addition to snowfall, i also had off of work today. yay! boston public schools were closed (sorry new york) and although normally we would have to go to headquarters, they gave us the day off! yay yay yay! now i love city year--i truly do. but everybody loves an unexpected day off. and today was definitely that: unexpected. i suppose the best gifts are. i got to sleep in, have a great conversation with mercedes, finish watching another bbc version of pride and prejudice (not one of my favorite versions i must say), listen to an incredible sermon on presenting BOLD requests to God, and really connect with God over some things that i don't think about too too often for fear of emotional breakdown. it was wonderful. my God can do ANYTHING. absolutely anything. incredible.

along with those fun things, snow days are also great for that other part of life: catching up on the things that you've fallen behind on. for me, although i've grown in this area, there is always something to do. what are those "somethings" today you ask? well, i have to fill out a survey for city year, complete a performance review, and then take care of some other things so that i will be able to eat for the next 6 months. there are other things that need to get done, but those are the 3 most important things for the day. how many have i completed you wonder? NONE! that's the other bad part of a snow day: it seems like since i never feel like i have the time to rest, when given a day to "catch up" the only thing i want to catch up on IS rest. so yea. i'm in the process of finishing the review. i'm just about done; i think i have like 3 more sections to do. just keep swimming, right? right.

that being said, i should probably get back to the stuff that i need to get done today. i know i know, not probably, definitely. but i promise i'll take pictures of the snowy scene tomorrow before the snow gets all nasty nasty and i'll even try upload them so you can see! i hope you had a wonderful day today and that you had some snow to enjoy too =-) i'd love to hear about things you like about snow days, either what you like to do or what you like about them. until tomorrow!

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