When I went to sleep last night, I had thought about taking today off from skiing, give my muscles a rest from the effort of skiing myself back into downhill form. Maybe I’d get on that last bit of unpacking I tasked myself with yesterday. Maybe I’d catch up on the laundry. Maybe I’d do one or more of the many things on the to do list that sits by my laptop.

But when I woke up it had snowed. Opening the curtains and then the blinds (I like it dark when I sleep, very dark, cave dark), I saw this:

 
It snowed more than was forecast, seven beautiful inches according to the snow report. So I will ski. The mountain is calling, and I must go.

On this date in 2016: Driving, Driving, Driving
2015: Achievement Unlocked
2014: To Everything There Is a Season
2013: Creepier Than Elf on a Shelf
2012: Getting Better
2007 through 2011: No entries
2006: Eye Candy is Better Than No Candy at All
2005: No entry
2004: Catching Up, Again
2003: Bad Logo on the Rise
2002: Winter