Blanket of snow

[darkemeralds]

We finally got a bit of snow on the ground. I woke up in the early dark to see the neighborhood all blanketed in white, and for a few minutes I entertained the idea of riding my bike to work very early, to avoid traffic and have that first commute-in-the-snow experience that I've managed to avoid so far.

So about 8:00 I get a phone call. It's my sister. "Are you riding today? I'm out in front of your house. Are you still asleep?"

Oh, I was so asleep. I was sleeping the sleep of going back to sleep because it's snowing. I was sleeping the sleep of two duvets in a cold bedroom. I was sleeping the sleep of pure white light seeping in through the blinds. "Yes," I said.

By the time I woke up for the day half an hour later, the temperature had risen and the streets were clear. The worst I had to contend with was a snowy bike and a rather chilly ride.



As usual in "bad" weather, I had the bike lanes and paths largely to myself.

My life is, on the whole, pretty awesome.

Comments

[tehomet]

You're a brave woman, going out in the recent snowy icy temperatures on a bike! I would be, like, it's drizzling. Feck that. *gets bus*

[darkemeralds]

In all honesty, I am the most physically lazy person in the world. But when I wake up and think, "Maybe today I'll just take the bus," it seems so much easier to get on my bike. No walk to the bus stop, no digging for money, no crowding in with strangers and their colds, no hoping futilely for a seat, no waiting...

The reason I've become such a regular and avid bike commuter in all weather is that it is actually less effort!

[kis]

For some reason it surprises me to see snow in Portland. *revises ideas*

[darkemeralds]

It always surprises Portland, too. We get snow usually a couple of times a winter, but it's a paltry, wet, fleeting thing, most times. The snow from yesterday was gone by noon.