Snow Kidding!

I wake in the middle of the night and peek out the window while Sugar snores peacefully in her tent. The ground is white and I think it just the moonlight playing tricks. Maybe the cottonwood tree burst into bloom and shed its spring fuzz when I wasn't looking. I pick up my glasses for a closer look and am dumbfounded. This can't be right.

I pad silently to the kitchen, stumbling over a pile of shoes abandoned near the front door. I peer again into the moonlit night. I am right! The car windows are covered with an inch of snow! I shiver and bolt back to my room, diving under the quilts and snuggling them warm about my face, shivering repeatedly until the air about me warms up. Oy! I thought we were done with winter.

I realize that I need to turn the heat back on or I will not want to hie myself from my cocoon in the morning. Maybe if I am quick about it the bed will still be warm. I slide carefully from beneath the covers and zip into the hall, flip the switch and climb back in bed as fast as I can. Yes, the flannel sheets still reflect my body heat. I pull my hat down over my eyes and cross my arms over my shoulders, rocking back and forth until I warm up.

I awaken at 5:45. Perhaps it was a dream. The room is comfortable. I stretch and wander into Drew's room to see why he has not turned off his alarm. Brrrrr!!! His room is a refrigerator. The window is open! I quick shut it and jump back in my own warm bed. I can see by the light of day already shining that snow was not a dream. It coats the branches outside my window, mindless of the greenery already budding. The lawn is plastered in white. The air is peppered with white flakes. This will not pass quickly. Phooey.

Snow in May. Snow for Mother's Day. Snow too early for winter. Or is it too late? No matter. I shall wrap in sweaters and my leather jacket to venture forth. I refuse to get my winter coat out. I have no intention of encouraging winter to return!