I’m snowed in again and both kids are home. By 6:20 a.m. they were already fighting over the family laptop. I’m dead tired. But despite it all, I’m thinking this day will NOT suck. Here’s why.
–The first reason is that I started the day by listening to one of my favorite Boston bands, The Neighborhoods, covering one of my favorite Cheap Trick songs:
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–The second reason is that I got a particularly damn good cup of caffeine by my side. Since there have been storms where the power went out before I got my first cup of coffee, I consider this a blessing of massive proportions.
–The third reason is that I just found an amusing article about a woman busted in the airport security line for trying to smuggle 44 iPhones in her stockings. I have a bit to say about that in my security blog.
–I can spend the work day in my bathrobe and tattered gym pants if I want to. I probably won’t, because at some point I’ll want to change before going out to shovel the driveway. But I could if I wanted to.
–Having Sean and Duncan in close proximity as I try to work won’t be easy. But at some point we’ll break to watch some Star Wars. And for an hour or two, I can be a kid again.
–It’s always nice to have a work-at-home day with my wife, though it’s always nicer when the kids are in school. But it’s still quality time, so I’ll take it.
–I have my sunshine in a box on the table nearby. That makes the darkness of winter a little less glaring to my imbalanced mind. 
–The close proximity to the kids all day makes it likely that I’ll be writing a “Stuff My Kids Say Part 4” later on.
Don’t let the snow get you down, people. Things can always be much, much worse.
I am a newcomer to your site – I found it in my “quest for a cure” for my 7 year old with OCD. As a parent, you constantly look for things the experts might have missed and I appreciate your adult perspective that my son might not be able to vocalize yet. The good new for today is that the groundhog did not see his shadow – which means a early spring. Something to look forward to…
Welcome to my site, Becky!
I’ve written a few posts that deal with your very concern. Allow me to take you to them:
Passing Insanity to Your Kids: http://billbrenner1970.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/passing-insanity-to-your-kids/
A Child in Fear and the Eye of the Storm: http://billbrenner1970.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/a-child-and-fear-in-the-eye-of-the-storm/
Message for a Young Friend: http://billbrenner1970.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/message-for-a-young-friend/
Screwing Your Kids in the Divorce: http://billbrenner1970.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/screwing-your-kids-in-the-divorce/
Duncan Likes Pink. So What? http://billbrenner1970.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/duncan-likes-pink-so-what/
When Parents Fail: http://billbrenner1970.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/when-parents-fail/
Sticking it to Kids Who Are Different: http://billbrenner1970.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/failing-kids-who-are-different/
Like Father, Like Son: http://billbrenner1970.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/like-father-like-son/
Too Young for the Truth: http://billbrenner1970.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/too-young-for-the-truth/
Check out Taylor Amerding’s column on winter. As with most of his stuff, I disagree, but he did yeoman’s work finding the silver lining in this winter. http://ow.ly/3OVg9