Silent Night!

Hello again Blog,

What a day! When I open internet explorer, my two tabs that open are my Gmail inbox and The Weather Network. It still shocks me that I can read a weather forecast and believe it! Each time it is wrong (which is probably at LEAST 60% of the time), I tell myself that it can't be trusted... but everytime I open this window, what I see somehow convinces me.

Today was much of the same. I kept an eye on the weather because of the snowfall warning for east vancouver island. It mentioned some light snow for us, 2 cm overnight, 2 cm this afternoon, etc. I woke up to find the ground (and my car) covered this morning when I left for powerskating at 6:15. It started to snow heavily from then until mid afternoon! We ended up with about 8 inches at my house. (Remember: the forecast said Light Snow ;)

I got my commitments done until noon, and then gave up on the rest of my plans. The driving conditions weren't great, and they shut the arena down so my reffing was cancelled anyways.

This evening I decided to walk over to my parents house for dinner. I found my beloved snowboard pants and winter boots, long jongs, gloves, neck warmer, toque, vest! I love getting dressed up for winter! I managed to slip 3 times in the first 1 minute of walking, so I thought it might take me a while to reach my destination. It was kind of windy and blowing snow around so the walk there was a bit chilly at times.

After dinner I spent close to 3 hours writing Thank You cards. It was a long three hours but I'm glad I got the opportunity. I also saw my bunnies while I watched the tribute to Trevor Linden, it was fantastic. That guy is a real class act, and I'm so passionate about the sport that I love to see awesome role models like him. You rock Trevor :)

The walk home was amazing. My mom found my other toques for me, so I changed the outfit up a little. As much as I absolutely love music, I couldn't bring myself to turn my ipod on while walking. There is something so tranquil about the snow. I love how silent the world can be. During the walk, I would stop regularly and just stand there, listening to nothing. It was awesome... and a true silent night.

I have errands to do in the morning, and I'm up in less than 6 hours, so I'll make this Goodnight :)