It has been quite a week in the DFW area. On Monday night of last week, we got a tremendous amount of rain followed by plummeting temperatures and snow. The streets have been a slick mess ever since. Day by day, school was cancelled. At this point we have been homebound for five days! I've learned some things in these five days:
1. I do not give my kids nearly enough credit for the wonderful people that they are. They have been so well behaved. They haven't complained about being bored. They've shared the computer. They've played well together.
2. We can survive without a television. We didn't even turn it on the first day. We've watched a little tv in the evenings as a family, but by and large none of us have vegged in front of the tv all day. We've played cards. We've played indoor hide-and-seek. We've played in the snow. We've cuddled by the fire.
3. It is possible to get sore from SITTING too long. After a few days on demand exercise TV and a snow shovel became welcome forms of movement.
4. I am capable of preparing every. single. meal. we eat for 2 solid weeks. We've only been home bound by snow for 1 week, but we haven't eaten out ONCE in two weeks. I don't think the Griffin family has ever , since it's establishment in 1997, gone this long without gracing a restaurant.
5. We can keep the house clean even when we don't leave for days on end. This is perhaps our biggest accomplishment this week. :)
This week has gone better than I ever would have dreamed, but I have said that we ARE GOING OUT TO DINNER tonight! I am DONE with this house.
