Snowy Skies Smiling at Me

The forecast for a snow storm arriving this afternoon says there is a chance we may get four inches by tomorrow morning. This enough snow to apparently cause mass chaos. Most schools have been shut down since Friday for what little snow we might have had that morning. Kids were out again on Monday, and while there is maybe a couple of inches of snow on the lawns around town, the roads are fine. Dan called from work to let me know that any schools that hadn't already canceled classes for today were sending the kids home at 1pm before the massive snowfall started. I'm guessing they won't be in school tomorrow either? Needless to say, it's all a bit funny to us.

I'm feeling so much better! I decided to head over to the library near where we live this afternoon to stock up on some reading material for the "Blizzard of 07" (which is what the local news stations will be calling it I'm sure.) My sister has recommended Reading Lolita in Tehran. Well of course everyone else seems to be recommending it to their sisters as well, because practically all of them have been checked out around the region. Then I came across this list on Amazon. As I was looking through the list, I found quite a few of my favorites, some that I've always meant to read, and some of which I've never even heard mentioned among my bookish friends. So while I wait on my hold for RLIT to be filled, I'm going to be working my way through the list. First up is The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

My sisters and I have always loved reading. We used to get in to arguments over who got to read what first. We would sneak into each other's rooms and steal a book that the other one was still reading. I'm just grateful that Harry Potter didn't come out until we were out of the house. Otherwise, it could have gotten very nasty. Laura was very particular about there not being any creases in the spines of her books. I never managed to figure out how to read a paperback without putting a a crease in the spine. I'm sure Sally and I had our own silly rules as well. Books always make me think of my sisters.

As I was walked through the stacks wondering which books to get besides TPMJB, I had a bit of an epiphany. With what feels like all the time in the world until I get a job and with my new library card in hand, I have a unique opportunity to just read and read and read. Perhaps this won't happen again until I retire? Might as well take advantage of it. It reminds me of an episode of the "Twilight Zone" that I saw with my sisters and brother one summer when we were younger. It was one of those old, black and white episodes that are actually quite creepy. The details are fuzzy now, but it basically played out that there was an old man who was a book seller or a librarian. All he ever wanted to do was read, but he was constantly bothered by other people with questions about books. He was always complaining that there wasn't enough time to read. At some point, he wishes he was just left alone so he could read. He wants the rest of the world to disappear and that's exactly what happens. All of a sudden, it's just him and his books. He's so giddy that he accidentally does something that causes his glasses to crack. It's played up throughout the story that he's blind as a bat without his glasses. So the story ends with him surrounded by his books, but he can't read them anyway. He mournfully yells,"There was enough time!" as the last line of the episode, and it became a silly battle cry for the four of us. With that in mind, I figure I might as well put this vanilla jail cell to good use :)

Update on the movers: Our stuff should be leaving MA on a truck on Wednesday. Whoo Hoo! Still no word on when it actually gets here, but it's a very good sign!