Every few years I talk Beer Geek into venturing north to the cold and snow. So, we hopped on a plane last Sunday and headed to the land of beer, cheese, and most of my family. Meanwhile, back in DC, they were hitting record highs. Oh well. Our first day we headed to this funky…
Category: winter
The winter that would not end
I woke up at 4:45am today. Not because I wanted to, but because the school system texted: Schools closed. There may have been a few curse words uttered in response. I had expected a delay, but it never crossed my mind that they would close. (Turns out, it wasn’t a bad call – I saw…
Five things I love about Madison, Wisconsin
I swear, this has been the longest week. We had snow on Tuesday that the county did not handle well, so the commute into school was awful for everyone. Then on Wednesday they had a delay for ice and on Thursday one for cold. Thankfully I work from home, but it has definitely messed with…
What is this “school” thing you speak of?
My kids have been out of school or delayed for more days than I can remember. They were out yesterday and will be again today. My elementary school child is making up time on “early release” days and I think my middle school kid just ran out of days. Too bad they can’t all go…
Dress for yourself
It’s been an awful winter for many of us. Snow in places that don’t usually get snow. And temperatures that haven’t been seen in 30 years (and I’ll be honest and tell you I wasn’t running in the cold when I was 13. Heck, I wasn’t running at all.) In fact, we have more snow…
Snow? Day + WIAW
This morning, I woke up to closed schools and this: Apparently, this is what a snow day looks like in Virginia. (Actually, it’s snowing now and supposedly going to get worse as the day goes on. We’ll see.) Not that it really matters. Both boys are sick, so they’d be home with me anyways. In…
This is the south, right???
Yesterday’s weather forecast for 9am looked just like this: This might be normal for some of you Northern people, but this is the coldest it’s been here in 4 years. Seriously, when I got up at 6:30am, my bedroom was 55 degrees! (Naturally, the first thing I did upon waking was make sure the gecko…
Jewish Mother’s Split Pea Soup
This has been one of the more miserable falls that Virginia has had in a while. We seem to be getting rain at least a couple of times a week. A lot of us are beginning to wonder when Virginia got placed just outside the *other* Washington. For most of October, my mood has matched…
I’m done.
With this winter, that is. They are calling for more snow tonight and then snow this weekend. Did I somehow move north without noticing? I had a decent 6 miler again today at a 9:43 pace. Nothing spectacular, but I’m ok with the pace given the slippery slushy sidewalks I had to run on. I…