Alarming

I was supposed to get up earlier than usual today, because Zoe didn't have school and the day care was closed, I had other arrangements that would put me beyond my normal timeframe, but I think my mind thought otherwise when my alarm went off at an unusual time.

WTF is this thing going off for NOW???

I hit snooze one too many times, and then, out of the blue, it suddenly occurred to me, holy shit, I'm supposed to be up, I'm gonna be late for work, and I think I leaped from completely prone to my knees on the bed like some kind of African animal I've seen on Discovery so quickly that I could have hurt others had they been lying in bed with me.

I realized: It was bright in my room. Was I that late?

NOOOOOO.

It had snowed -- really snowed -- and all that freakin' light was reflecting off the millions of snowflakes that congregated on my lawn, the neighbor's lawn, the neighbor's roof...

I gazed out the window in awe for a few moments, watching the thick flakes drift to the ground in hoards, then I sounded the ultimate alarm:

"ZOE! WAKE UP! IT SNOWED!!!!!"


Our first real snowfall. We need to get a sled. Pronto.