It snowed! Pros and Cons...

Hey,

So it snowed last night. It was raining while I finished up my Christmas shopping in SoHo. I got on the train for the 30 minute or so ride back to our neighborhood and when I emerged from the 116th street station it was snowing ever so lightly. It was beautiful. A big smile. Leo Kottke was playing on my iPod and it was a perfect soundtrack. This was our first snow but...oddly...the second time I've seen snow in NYC this year. The first was several weeks ago when we were walking Ali with my mom. We passed a car parked in front of Riverside Church with about two inches of snow on it. The car behind it and in front of it: totally dry. Strange. Must've come from the North.

So the pros to the first snow in NYC are obvious. Cons: just one so far...we're driving tomorrow.

We are planning to make the 14 hour drive in a single shot. But if the roads or weather are goofy or if we are tired or if we get a late start, we will break the drive into two days, we promise.

The plan right now is to leave around six in the morning ("0 dark-hundred hours" as my brother-in-law Kevin says).

Trish: don't forget that bubble. We want a white one to confuse the snow.

Love you all!

Jeff (Laurel is studying furiously for her 10 o'clock final exam. She was up until 1:30 A.M. with a study group. Just a test and a paper and it's all over until February!)