It's the Saturday before Christmas and a white blanket of SNOW is covering the District. Amazing. I am hesitant to leave for a Florida in a few days for a balmy holiday in the 80's because it is beautiful here! Blizzard warnings until 6pm. I have never lived somewhere like this before and am soaking it up. We made a huge pot of Brunswick stew last night in the crock pot, have movies from Netflix (although I am trying to coax Jonathan into watching every Christmas movie we have over and over again!), beers in the fridge, and even 2 new games from Target! Last night we went on a walk to help our friends find a taxi (who came over last night for pre-snow festivities) and it looked like glitter was falling from the sky...It is soft and fine and pretty. Now it is accumulating on our window sill and we are supposed to get more than 20 inches.
***Now it's Sunday. The snow is still beautiful. I feel badly though because lots of people are trying to get OUT of DC (my sister included) and they are stuck. Our city is not used to such snow and what to do with it now! Jonathan and I were supposed to go to the symphony last night at the Kennedy Center for Handel's Messiah as our special Christmas date, but it was canceled due to blizzard warnings. We had a fun day nonetheless.....
Jonathan and I had a blast. We trudged, jumped, climbed, and sledded to our heart's delight. You could literally jump and fall into the snow and it would catch you with soft, powdery arms. I felt exhausted from so much play. It was glorious. We luckily found a left behind saucer sled in the park nearest to our house! What a fortune. We tested it out in the same park and it was great...Then we ventured to the bigger park and found a huge crowd watching and lined up to slide down the "big" hill. Seriously, there was a crowd! DC neighbors coming together for snow fun. I think I fell in love with DC to infinity. SO much love. Plus, there were cross country skiers and even a few skiers going downhill and snowboarders making jumps out of the snow, how funny is that! We were entertained for sure. Then we got a warm chaipucchino from Open City (one of our favorite places to go) and ordered some food to go, to come back to our warm and cozy home and watched movies all night long. Now there is still lots of snow outside and it is nice and sunny so we will go explore some more....We don't leave for Florida until late Tuesday night so I'm sure the airport will be up and running again. Although I might be (secretly)dreaming of a "White Christmas" and getting stuck.
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