Poppin' Bottles in the Ice - Like a BLIZZARD

Now I'm feelin' so fly lii-i--iiii--iike a G-6 - but that's how I roll.  The season's first major snow! Im loving it!  Too bad it wasn't a white X-mas but at the very least it can be a white Sunday (and possibly Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday?)  As the snow was falling today, I figured the best way not to get snowed into the house was to go out every hour or so and shovel so that it wouldn't be total accumulation... the logic was there but in practice it didn't really work out that way.  Each time I went out all bundled up and ready to brace the wind and snow, getting SLIZZARD (what does that even mean? I don't know, but I love the word), I noticed that the level of snow where I had already shoveled was essentially the same as where I hadn't! My guess is that the wind is blowing it all around keeping things even, which is making each time I head out less beneficial than the previous time.   

I heard that the local airports had canceled over 1000 flights today!  I didn't know that many flights came through on a daily basis, and I assumed that there were some easy day flights which weren't canceled, so that means that regularly there are even more scheduled flights - pretty crazy...

Back in the days of school, getting a snow day was really exciting! Now, in the Real World, the snow itself is just as exciting, but do professional work places give out such freebies?  Its still to be seen at my job.  At the start of winter I had asked around the office what the protocols were on really snowy days and apparently they do issue "Snow Days."  But how do they let the employees know?  When you attend school, often there is a phone line to call and see if this free day has been announced, but we don't have such a system for work.  If I were to call the office at 7 in the morning, depending on whose extension I dial, likely I will get the usual answering machine message letting me know the individual isn't at the desk and I should leave my name, phone number, and a detailed message.  That's not really going to help me if I want to know if I had the day off - paid.

I've already checked the bus schedule online and it seems as though the buses are expecting a 45-60 minute delay on routes into Manhattan.  As a commuter, I already have to wake up 2 hours prior to being due at the office - there is NO WAY I am waking up an additional 45-60 minutes early just to be the only one at the office (on regular days I usually get there before anyone else) - I'm just not important enough in my position to make that effort. 

So now that I've put in a call and e-mail to my boss (who I believe is snowed out of town - yikes!) the best i can do is hope for an answer (preferably with announcement of a snow day in the affirmative) before I go to bed so that I don't need to wake up for naught early in the morning. 

And on that note, I leave you with the following while I go enjoy my delicious cup of Nestle Caramel Hot Chocolate catching up on my DVR  (does it get any better?):

(They didn't even pay me for this product placement... but as an unofficial sponsor, Im happy to include it!)

In case some of my opening confused you, sit back, relax and enjoy the sober girls around you acting like they are drunk with the Far East Movement's video....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4s6H4ku6ZY