It's crunch time for me with Mom Zone #4. My deadline is at the end of this month (insert screams of terror here), so I'm buried in revisions and in agony over commas--should they go or should they stay??

In the meantime, here's some thoughts on an unexpected delight--a snow day.

It was like a real-life “Get Out of Jail Free” card.

One whole day wiped clean of all commitments.

It was a snow day! Or, more accurately, an ice day.

When I checked the news at six in the morning last week and realized all normal activities (work, school, karate, etc.) were cancelled, I’d felt like I had an extra “free” day dropped in my calendar.

An entire day to do anything I wanted—except drive, of course, because I wasn’t insane enough to get out on the slick roads.

I spent the day playing board games with my kids, making chocolate chip cookies, and revising 100 pages in my manuscript. It was a perfect day all around.

If you had a “free” day, how would you spend it?