As many of my east coast friends are buried under snow and stuck inside, I thought I would give you a few tips, since I…a Colorado girl…have been through a couple of these in my time.
Here are my favorite blizzard activities and some tips to help you through this time….
First, when the storm has passed, meaning the blowing hard snow has ceased into maybe some nice fat flakes or stopped all together, go out on foot! Don’t be afraid to go outside and walk around. It’s actually super cool (no pun intended). It’s incredibly quite and still. And with no cars on the road, it’s so very peaceful and natural. Just go expore. And take lots of fun pictures.
Taken after the big blizzard in 2003 when I went for a walk. Cars couldn't get out of the neighborhoods.
Second, don’t blow your load. Sorry if that sounds gross, but I mean it in this sense….space out your activities. You’re going to be inside a lot. Mix it up, games, books, naps, cleaning, and sex. Seriously people, blizzard sex is the best.
There's a car under there!
Third, eat. I recommend snacking. Having three square meals carved out is kind of lame in a blizzard. There’s no rhyme or reason to it. Why stick to the norms. Plus, you don’t want to run out of the staples. So munch here and there and you won’t start freaking out if you can’t have a proper dinner.
Fourth, play with your pets. They love snow days!!
Penny loved all the attention.
Fifth, put on your Snuggie. You don’t have a Snuggie? Well it’s your loss. Better get one for the next blizzard.
Sixth, let it snow. The more you try to fight it or hate it, the more evil you become. You’ll get cabin fever and before you know it you’ll be like this:
Don't forget this was set in Colorado!
Now all this advice can last you about two days tops. You want to know why? Because in Colorado we don’t really get a lot of snow days. At max, I’ve had two days off in a row, and that’s after we got like 46″ of snow in 2003. We’re trained to brave the snow and go to work no matter what. Which, I will tell you makes us seem really freaking cool and brave, but also really lame because snow days are the best.
Brian digging us out so we can go to work.
In 2006, the university, along with other businesses and places didn’t close down soon enough. Loads of people were stranded on the highways and had to be rescued by humvees and taken to shelters. I’m not kidding.
So enjoy this blizzard! There’s so much fun to be had and you’ll forever be able to tell the story about the blizzard of 2010!
