Snow Week

Number of Official Snow Days the Winslows enjoyed this past week: 4
Number of days the Lady Winslows had off school, including two weekends: 9
Number of days Matt worked from home due to inclement weather: 3
Number of days on which Shari wore sweats and/or flannel pajama pants for the majority of the day: 8
Number of infected ears in the Winslow household: 2
Number of people afflicted with sinus infections in the Winslow household: 3
Number of people on antibiotics in the Winslow household: 3
Number of people in the Winslow household afflicted with the "Twedt Cough": 3
Number of days the Winslow household was without power: ZERO. PRAISE GOD. A true miracle.
Number of days the clinic was without power and therefore unable to see the Winslow children: 2
Number of days Starbucks was without power and therefore interfering with the neighborhood's usual supply of caffeinated air: 2
Number of Facebook posts snarking "idiot Seattle drivers omg!!!": eleventy billion, give or take
Number of visits to Urgent Care: 1
Number of visits to regular pediatrician's office: 1
Number of visits to weekend after-hours pediatrician's office in Tacoma: 1
Number of snowmen built in the Winslows' yard: 1.5
Number of huge branches that broke off the Winslows' huge tree: 1
Number of small branches that broke off the Winslows' huge tree: eleventy billion
Number of glasses bottles of wine consumed: No Comment
Number of viewings of My Neighbor Totoro, Beauty and the Beast, Thomas & Friends, and Kipper: eleventy billion
Number of episodes of Friday Night Lights watched: How many episodes are in season 2? Slightly less than that (Season 2 is my least favorite, so I'm trying to rush through that)
Best television discovery ever: Downton Abbey
Most disturbing book read: Blindness, by José Saramago
Most beautiful moment: Peering out the window in the middle of the night at the soft, silent, heavy snowfall and the eerily-lit sky

I don't even care how many days we need make up; I don't remember the last time I was this relaxed. And possibly it's because three of us were sick and already in need of some days to just stay home in pajamas, but even with the coughing and feeling generally gross, it was also cozy and rather lovely.

But hopefully -- hopefully -- the cough medicine will work and the Nyquil will work and everyone will sleep tonight, and it will be business as usual tomorrow, and the world will keep on turning,

January has been a strange month.