Snow log, star date 2.1.2011, time 06:00: 2″-3″ on the driveway and sidewalks. Light to moderate weight. 38 minutes to clear. Hehe…

Sunday, I watched the morning news and was surprised when they forecasted 13″ of snow by Wednesday morning. This morning, I shoveled the drive before my husband left for work… so here we are, done with January awaiting the epic snow storm of 2011. Incidentally, it was also described this morning in the media as “snow in amounts of biblical proportions”, “snow-pocalypse”, and “snow-maggedon”. Told my kids we might have a snow day (or two) soon, and reminisced about the snow drifts and plow piles being several feet above my head. That was 1979, I was six. My uncle was stuck in his car for hours, afraid he’d run out of gas before getting home.  I can’t remember if he abandoned his car at one point. That was the deciding factor for him and my aunt to move to a warmer climate.

You know what’s easy to do when you’re outside before the crack of dawn and all is quiet? Meditate. Well, sort of. My mind wanders all the time. I’m surprised I even stay focused at all, sometimes. In the winter months, I get really introspective, thinking where am I going, where have I been. Life has been a tremendous ride so far, and I would have never guessed I’d be where I am.  2011 has so much opportunity, and I think my biggest lesson I’ve learned is that for every “yes”, there is a “no”. It’s like the big yin and yang, finding balance in the force, that sort of thing – something I’ve struggled with for a long time.

Well, with all the snow that’s coming our way, there should be more time to think about all that…