Venturing Out.

The snow stopped by the time we woke up this morning. Here's the view from our front door this morning. It was beautiful at sunrise.

I promptly went back to bed after taking this photo. I watched church online today, and no one ventured outside until early afternoon. And even then we didn't leave the driveway.

It took a lot of work to get to the end of the driveway. Rachel took this picture of me drudging through the snow up to my knees using my new fish-eye lens (thanks Rach!). We had to shovel the driveway and part of the street. I even helped! Did you know that shoveling is hard work? It's true.

I moped around for a large part of the afternoon frustrated that school wasn't canceled. Seriously. I checked the website, my email, the TV. At least fifteen times. Finally, they canceled. And not just tomorrow. Tuesday and Wednesday were canceled too! We don't have to teach again until 2010. Apparently, this storm really is the capital crippler.

Good news is that I was able to move my flight up from Thursday morning to Tuesday night. Two extra nights in Kansas, a direct flight and ahead of more storms. I'm thrilled! It's like that one famous lady said in the movie about the land that I love, "There's no place like home."

Excuse my corniness. I'm just so excited.