We view the Super Bowl as a good reason to eat snack food
and watch too much TV. The game itself rarely lives up to the hype, so we
always have a back-up movie or show or project. This year we were planning our
menuwhen we started talking aboutthe weather forecast.
We don’t often pay attention to the weather forecast when it’s
more than a day or two out. This one, though, was different. This forecast
called for a lot of snow. Given how little snow had fallen so far this winter, we
just ignored the “sky is falling” noise.
The snow started Saturday night. By the time we crawled out
of bed on Sunday we already had 10 inches of snow on the ground. It was the
wet, heavy snow that causes heart attacks and back aches.Once the first layer was cleared, we went
back out every few hours to clear the next two or three inches. When it was
done we had more than 20 inches in the books.
The weather was so bad that pizza parlors closed on one of
their busiest days. Parties were cancelled. People were told to stay off the
roads. Plows couldn’t get through to clear streets. Blizzard warnings became
blizzard winds. It was cold and snowy and miserable.
The snow built up around our satellite dish, causing a
complete signal loss. Throughout the day we’d turn on the TV to see if we had a
signal, but we never did. The day went on and we kept busy with different
projects. At game time we made our football food and ate as planned. What we
didn’t do was set-up in front of the TV. Eventually we turned on the radio at
the end of the fourth quarter. It turned out to be the best few minutes of
football we’d “seen” all season.
It wasn’t the Super Bowl party we had planned, but it was
fun anyway. We’ll have a good story to tell as soon as we thaw out from shoveling
all the snow.