The Day After

It's the day after a snow day and the kids are blessedly back in school. I love the day after a nice snow - the trees are all snow capped, the backyard mess has disappered for while and everything looks nice and clean. The sky is an amazing shade of cape cod blue with nary a cloud in any direction. The cat is sitting on the porch rail looking for a chickadee that doesn't see him. The birds around here are pretty smart though - they won't head for the feeders until he comes in the house. My big dog is outside lying in the sunshine soaking up rays and warming his old bones. He won't come in just yet - it's too nice a day to come into the house.

It's quiet right now - no one is here except me and the animals. I'm leaving shortly to pick up kids from school so I'm enjoying the few moments of solitude. I have my feet up, a cold drink next to me and I think if I close my eyes, I may just knock off for a minute. But there's no time for that - so down go the feet. Time to sit up straight and wake up. I have class tonight - Anatomy & Physiology Part 2 starts at 5pm and runs until the ungodly hour of 10 pm. This class goes for twelve weeks and is pretty intense (if Part 1 is any indicator!). It's the same professor so at least I know what I'm getting into with this class. My other three classes are currently running so now I'm into the scheduling thing - making sure I have plenty of study time as well as down time to have fun.

I have bouquets of flowers sitting behind me on my other desk - they're leftover from my birthday a few days ago. One is from my son and one is from his girlfriend (sweet kids). The smell makes me wish spring were coming but the seasons change fast enough for me. I can wait until spring comes because around here....with spring comes MUD! I'm happy with the just under a foot of snow for now.