Words fail. One could almost think it a boon if Al Queda managed to nuke DC...
“I am about ready to eat my children,” said one mom, who declined to be named.
She’d never make it as a homeschooler :)
Go out and have a snowball fight. Build a snow fort. If it’s deep enough in drifts, dig a tunnel. Walk to the shopping center and play king of the snow mountain or slide down snow mountain (where they pile up the snow in the parking lots). There’s tons to do when you’re snowed in. Most of it, of course, involves snow.
The kids will remember that stuff forever. And, mom might have fun too.
Back to back blizzards in D.C. is God’s way of giving us citizens a well deserved break from our government.
Sorry, I can’t comment: the schadenfreude is so thick in here that I need another drink.
Good grief. Free paid vacation. plenty of snow to go outside and play in. And all these freaks can do is whine.
Yesterday I spent the afternoon visiting with some of our locals (Alaskans). The subject turned to the storm out east and how those wimperdills were handling it. I had heard on Fox News how some of those folks had to be home for two days, some three days, and how cabin fever had set in. The person they were interviewing made suggestions as to how to cope.
It’s shocking to us that there are so many Americans who lack the ability to cope with even the smallest of hurdles. Has the U.S. become a land of wimperdills? I’d say so! Americans used to be strong, they used to be able to rise to anything. They used to be self-reliant, tough, and courageous. And these folks out east can’t even handle such a small thing as a snowstorm?!
It’s shameful, just shameful. We’ve got men and women eating sand in Iraq and Afghanastan, and at home we’ve got men and women boohooing over some snow. Disgusting!
The biggest problem for most of these quoted DC denizens is they selected homes in neighborhoods with no kids. Pick a neighborhood full of kids and snow days become a village thing. Sleding, snow forts, hot cocoa and snacks, warm ups with the Wei, then more snow adventures. My kid has spent more time outside during the snowstorm then he does sans snow. We had a blast. Fun part is parents rotate among each other to watch the kids. The quoted DC types are the locked jaw ivy leaguers living in Georgetown and Capital Hill. Fun places for singles, not for families.
Maybe these workaholics should consider converting over to homeschooling to get in-touch with their chillin.
The DC/MD/VA area, I would not live there mainly due to the reason that it is very hardcore work to live mentality. A few years ago when I worked for a DoD company, they were insistent that I move to the DC area, of course for the same amount of money. If I left Colorado, I rather go to the West Coast. At least there, you can go anyplace to eat and they don’t care how you dress and they like the outdoors much better.
Cannibalism: just another lifestyle. Nothing to see here. :-)
Maryland "Freak State" PING!
@inflorida: you're lucky you is where you is.