I woke up last night a bit before 2 am, and my first thought was that I didn't know what day it was. After a brief moment of thinking there might be another day of the weekend left, I realized that in fact the day coming in a few hours was Monday - back to work.
I lay there for several minutes in complete silence. The furnace wasn't running, no cars passed on the road, and I was actually concentrating on trying to hear something. After a while, the furnace came on and ran for a while. When it shut off, I heard the sound of rain pattering on the skylight in the closet, which is a very effective rain sound transmitter.
Dawn brought one of those days that is hard to dress for. Not too cold, but with temperature forecast to drop. Raining, but with snow forecast within the hour. Perhaps 5 inches or more. I headed out with my winter coat covered by a waterproof shell, waterproof shoes (but not winter boots) and an umbrella.
I was surprised to see how much it had rained. Perhaps the melting snow had first saturated the ground. Water was standing in all the low lying spots, which I'm sure will be good for the spring amphibians. The umbrella proved very useful on the walk to work.
I was having lunch across the street. Just before leaving the building I looked out the window to see if it was still raining, and instead saw snowflakes steadily falling. I rode the elevator downstairs, and walked outside into a light drizzle. The snow must have just lasted for a couple of minutes. Once again, I was glad for the umbrella.
When I left work in the evening, the rain was gone, the temperature was in the mid 30s, and a light breeze was blowing up the sidewalk. It felt nice - cool and refreshing on my face. I was well dressed for warmth so had no shivering feeling.
As for the 5 inches of snow - all I saw where those few fleeting flakes falling past the 13th floor window around midday.
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