snow daze

it snowed in atlanta on sunday night. a lot. (by GA standards. i know, boston is getting a foot, blah blah blah. they have more snow plows than we do so i don't want to hear it. my entire county has two snow plows. two!)

on monday morning my street was snowy, icy, & unsalted. (it still is)

i think we got 3-4 inches of snow. i also think they are letting us off work one day for every inch of snow.

at least it was enough for the neighbor to make a cool snow sculpture

as fun as it has been, i'm looking forward to seeing some sun soon

gullible

remember how Niece #1 wanted to throw a snowball at Boy? as he was leaving to get released, we went out to have our snowball "fight." he was wearing his suit so he mostly hid in the garage and used a broom to hit away her feeble attempts. after i got tired of making snowballs for her, she unsuccessfully tried tossing handfuls of snow at him.

our little future lawyer

eventually she realized she was never going to hit him so she tried a different tactic:

Uncle, i want to show you something!

[Boy peeking tentatively around the corner] don't hit me with a snowball

i won't. i won't!

[Boy finally comes out, lets her come right up to him, and bends over. she throws the entire pile of snow in her hands into his face/eyes]

arghh! i can't believe she did that!

[much laughter from everyone other than Boy]

she lied to me!

no i didn't! it wasn't a snowball - it was a pile of snow!

he should have known better.

for the record

i applied to PhD programs in Biostatistics at Emory, Harvard, Boston U, Minnesota, & Washington. i'll hear back around March. i want to study how diseases move geographically.

i am so tired of saying these sentences.

winter holiday by the numbers

days i spent in k-town: 12

bedrooms i slept in as various family member came & went: 3

days i got dressed after noon: 9

girls in my parents house: 7

boys: 3

consecutive hours i was forced to look at pictures/videos from Albania: 2

number of times i fell asleep during PictureFest: 1

toy toilets we have: 1

days the twins fought over the toy toilet: 7

days the twins were here: 7

times one of the twins took off their diaper and flung feces around the room during nap time: 3

times i helped clean it up: 0

where i ranked on Brooke, Jr.'s "People I Like" list: 3 (following her mom and grandma. her dad got #4)

times i cooked for myself: 1

times i did the dishes: 0