How to Have a Snow Day

1. Wake up at 11am.  Decide that that's OK, despite having wanted to wake up no earlier than noon.


2. Take a bubble bath.  Read a fashion magazine and come to the conclusion that you just don't like this season's biggest trends.  


3. Put your pajamas back on.  Be brutally honest with yourself: you're not going anywhere today.  No need to wear a bra. 


4. Light a candle named "North Pole".  Even though Christmas was 2 months ago, figure that the candle is completely appropriate for a day when you have 2 feet of snow.  Plus you just really like the way it smells and if nothing else, you can spend a day in Santa's shoes and know what it's like to prepare for Christmas months before the holiday occurs.  


5. Decide that the above thought alone renders cookies for breakfast acceptable.


6. Make a latte while your "break and bake" cookies toast up in the oven.


7. Pour your espresso into a London souvenir mug, the only one big enough to hold a gigantic latte.


8. For the first time, feel no yearning to be there instead of here.  


9. Open the window so you can smell the snow.


10. Listen to The Head and The Heart.


11. Write a letter to a friend.  Get a little emotional, realizing that you spent all of college together and are ever-approaching graduation. 


12. Get a little hungry.  Decide that today, you only want to eat chocolate.  


13. Finally convince yourself to at least look at some of the material for your 3 tests later on in the week.


14. Quickly retract any desire to learn about operations management, but get a little carried away in reading for your econ history class. 


15. Take your penguins outside for a photo shoot.  Shamelessly instagram a couple pics and send them to Facebook. 


16. Feel overwhelmed by social media and how public our lives have become. 


17. Question the whole idea of "blogging".  


18. Study some more. 


19. Decide that you need a jam break, and bust out some old Format tunes. 


20. Look out your window and decide that it would be fun to bellyflop from your 2nd story apartment into the several-foot-high snowdrifts below.  


21. Practice self restraint. 


22. Watch a documentary on Netflix about sugar consumption in the United States.


23. Make snow cream. 


24. Continue studying.


25. Feel guilty about the snow cream and do a few crunches.  Lay there for a second between reps and realize that you haven't watched the new How I Met Your Mother episode.


26. Search for the new episode online. Watch.  Feel slightly disappointed that you still don't know who Ted marries even though you've watched something like 160 episodes. 


27. Continue studying.


28. Buy a mutual fund in hopes of somewhat expediting the someday purchase of your dream Mini Cooper. 


29. Study some more.


30. Crumble from the cabin fever and decide that you're ready for sun, beaches, and sand.  Prematurely pack for spring break.