{"id":3392,"date":"2012-01-20T12:09:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T19:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=3392"},"modified":"2014-07-05T18:07:54","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T01:07:54","slug":"first-world-problems-snow-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/20\/first-world-problems-snow-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"First world problems: snow edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"260 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/6732064623\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7152\/6732064623_f73b3a5770_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" alt=\"260\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t mind the snowstorm much at all. It was a minor inconvenience, combined with a bevy of benefits. My husband at home for a few extra days. Family play time in the snow. A little girl&#8217;s first snowman. Soup with grilled sandwiches. Hot chocolate (Gem would be sure to verify that her&#8217;s was &#8220;warm&#8221;). Days packed with guilt-free snuggle time and togetherness.<\/p>\n<p>Until my internet went out. Then it got personal.<\/p>\n<p>Oddly, up until I noticed the outtage, I&#8217;d spent little time online. But in the hours, minutes, and seconds that have creeped by since that devastating discovery, I&#8217;ve thought of little else. We are all safe and well. We have electricity, heat, water, stockpiles of food, and an ever-deepening wonderland of snow and ice outside. It doesn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not connected.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot share my every passing thought on facebook. I can&#8217;t pin pictures of food I will never cook, and clothes I will never wear. And since we dropped cable in favor of using the internet for tv, we might even have to break out the boxes of dvds that have been gathering dust in the closet. 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