Watching and waiting
Around here we watch the weather. Actually we watch it more than anything else. Not because we need to because we believe that if we keep our eye off the goal we will get hit. We’re in midwinter outside the lawn is partially covered and the sump pump has been running for several days. A soft winter. But someone mentioned that there was a snowfall going on in Boston and we know that Boston is not really that far away. We could drive there in a day you know. And if Boston gets snow, we might too. Yes I did check the forecast. As of last evening there was nothing on the horizon but right now there is a small percentage but we could get hit. It could be a real winter storm or not. It no longer matters because I don’t have to go anywhere’s but I’ve had a lifetime of watching the weather in case school would be closed. Long after that was rational. And so, right now, I’m hoping that our milk supply will hold out and that the power will stay on and all the other things that go with living in winter. Even if we’re not really. You could walk across the lawn and leave footprints right now but that’s about it. None of that up to my waist stuff that we used to talk about. If I get around to it, I will watch the local weather forecast on TV. Trickier than you think because they wedge the little bits of weather in between little bits of bad film music. Not exactly a foregone conclusion that we will learn what the weather will be. And so I will continue to watch and wonder. Is this the moment? Will Boston send snow to us? Check back in a day or two. We should know by then. And if we get nothing then we will just wait until the next time. That’s how we have a fun winter. Waiting and wondering.
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