5:55 AM

tuesday 

we woke

 expecting 

a blizzard

my office was closed

 i could pretend it was saturday

sleep til at least 7

nope

still

 got up at 5ish 

 cats do not understand snow days 

they expect to be fed

 on

 a week day

 at

 the regular time

 they'll let us sleep past 5 on weekends

only

 because 

we 

shut the bedroom door 

cover our heads 

with pillows 

to

 muffle

 the caterwauling 

anyway 

i got up tuesday morning

 intent on feeding them

followed by

 return to bed

sleep til at least 7 

while they ate 

i looked out the window

 the street 

was silent 

was empty

 it was quite lovely

plowing created mini snowbanks

 all that fresh snow

 tucked my pjs into my boots

 zipped up the coat 

wrapped the scarf tight

pulled the hood up over my head 

grabbed the iphone

 went 

outside

walked toward the park

just a few long strides

sinking into soft powder

i stopped 

turned

knelt 

snapped

 this photo

 admired my foot prints

 scooted back into the house

but now i was wide awake

5:55 AM