Winterwonderland in DC

While I'm stuck in Rhode Island not being able to breath through my nostrils and watching repeats of The Office, DC has been blessed with a series of snowstorms this past weekend, forcing the city to shut down to its lack of snow plows, and better yet, forcing DC-resident workers to have an excuse to sleep in during the mornings. Only witnessing one snow storm in DC during my five year reign there, it may have well been Armageddeon. Streets were closed, people randomly parked their cars wherever they chose, and Pacific Islander Georgetown students were running around in the snow with looks in their eyes that they had just seen Jesus Christ in the flesh for the first time. Love it or think its ridicoulas, DC snow storms are an excuse to be lazy and act like a child until it all melts. Whether you're like my roommate Christina who calls everyone in her iPhone to go sledding the moment a flake of snow falls from the sky, or myself who becomes every more of a lazy bones than I already am when it comes to sleep, it's always a rare and often fun occassion. So while you're all playing hooky from work and school tomorrow while im recovering in the 401, here are some great suggestions and ways that I'm vicariously going to be living through all of you sexy snowbunnies:

• Have an exboyfriend who's bothering you? Play a little bit of dingdong ditch on him. Show up at his apartment, ring the doorbell, and surprise him with a snowball to his face. Bonus points if you get the new man in your life to go with you.
• Check out the National Gallery of Art Ice Skating Rink. You can rent your skates there, it's cheap, and if you're anything like me, there's a huge wall to hold on to if you're a novice at the sport.
• Stay in and order the entire series of Summer Heighs High on HBO. With Chris Lily's amazing dabble at three different characters in a public school in Austalia, you'll have a whole new slew of inside jokes and obnoxious lines to quote by the end of the day.
• Walk to the local Walgreens or whatever, buy funfetti cupcake mix, and go on a baking binge for the day. When you're finished, be bulbous and eat the entire batch by yourself.
• Call up my roommate Christina and I and come sledding with us! We live on an awesome hill that will definitey guarentee you a good time and a few broken bones by the time you're done.
• Head to McHenry, Marland for the day and hit up the trails at Wisp Mountain. You can rent your own skis and snowboards there without breaking the bank, too.
• Build a snowman but create a sort of political twist to it. Barack Obama? George Washington? John Edwards? With the right accessories and ideas, the possibilites are endless.

Goodluck being snowed in, kids. Enjoy your day or two off!