Day Forty: Snowed In

It's amazing what we turn to for entertainment when we become snowed in and our options for entertainment become dangerously limited to a stir-crazy proportion. Given that I was snowed in most of last weekend, I don't know how much more of staying barricaded inside a cozy dwelling away from the elements I can take. It's much better than the alternative, but myself and many other people (most of whom in South Jersey, undoubtedly), are getting really sick of snow. And it certainly doesn't help that our little winter snowfall is being dubbed "the storm of the season" with states and counties declaring states of emergency and actually fining people for leaving their houses. God help us all.

Therefore, even before the first flurries fell, any possibility of plans I may have had for the weekend were quickly dashed. Knowing I would be confined to my house for the evening, I began to undertake the task of making a neat little list of all the furniture and furnishing items I would need to purchase when I eventually move, which will hopefully be soonish. I began thinking this could be a fun little project that would be both productive, and take a considerable amount of my evening. I would get a nice sense of accomplishment and entertain myself in the process, fending off cabin fever for at least the first day of this winter storm.

But what it turned into was a three-hour online search for a comforter. My mother got frustrated, I hated everything, and we both ended up exhausted and laughing at horribly ugly carribbean themed bedding with flamingos and sunsets. Needless to say, it got a little out of hand. While we were pretty entertained, what started as a nice little task ended as a debacle immensely picky proportions. I'm already feeling a little stir-crazy after staring at a screen for the better part of my day today. So tomorrow, it will be cake baking and decorating, and hopefully that will ward off the fear of being locked inside for yet another weekend.

So as I'm sitting here, watching feet of snow build up around me, I'm wondering what other people are doing to keep themselves occupied over the snowy weekend. A lot of people (myself not included) have the social and economic embarassment that is the Super Bowl on Sunday to occupy themselves, so I'm sure that helps. If you're in the Northwestern U.S., what are you doing to keep yourself occupied? Hopefully, you have a bottle of something strong and a friend with you to help the process.