Then this morning we enjoyed Christmas morning together. We went on a walk and it was beautiful out. It was fun getting out and seeing the neighborhood covered in snow. My son wasn't able to be here being in the military, where ever he is I hope he's safe. He is missed dearly. However, he called me and when I asked him where he was, he just told me "just don't ask", he sounded great though.
Last week Colorado had quite the blizzard. The airport was shut down for two days, and the hospital had declared a state of emergency not allowing any of us nurses to leave. I was at the hospital for three days and two nights, but it wasn't too bad, I had a clean bed, shower, toothpaste, and they washed my uniform. Plus, I got paid for every minute that I was there. I even got paid for sleeping, not too shabby since I was in major overtime. I was worried about a possible electrical outage at home, and having pipes freeze. I got home to find that everything was good, with no problems. There was easily 3 some feet of snow, and I couldn't see the railing on the deck outside while sitting at the computer. Pretty impressive amount of snow, but there were some drifts involved too. There is still a couple feet of snow here several days later, and my driveway isn't plowed out. A neighbor told me they tried, but it was too steep and the amount of snow was just too much. They told me they would try in a couple of days to plow it out again. I have the best neighbors.
As we walked up the hill to the house through the deep snow, I had crunched down a path kind of, we started singing over the mountain and through the woods to grandmothers house we go..., and changed it to mom's house. Having to hike up to the house from the road through the snow just made it more special. I just love it here. ;)
We enjoyed the hot tub after our walk and it was very relaxing. Sarah rolled in the snow:
jumping from hot tub into snow ;)'
I talked with M****, she was having a hard time, as B**'s birthday was the 24th. She told me that she went out to dinner with family to one of B**'s favorite restaurants in his honor. I thought it was great that they went there as it was keeping his memory alive. I asked her if she had watched the DVD of his birthday celebration from the year before, and she said no. I suggested that maybe it would be a good time to watch it with family. As it was such a fun time with many speaking honoring him. I do hope it helps, remembering the good times.
