good intentions

I took a day off of work. I booked a vacation day. I filled out the form in our new payroll system, and submitted it for approval. I feel lucky that we get a few extra vacation days this year (because of the transition at work, everyone got an extra 3 days off this year to compensate for the changes made to our benefits). So, I wanted to use my day off to take a long weekend, go shopping, and do a few little things that I usually don't have time for during the week or on the weekends. And then it started snowing.
Long story short, I didn't go anywhere on my day off. I stayed home. The snow just kept coming! I got snowed in. That was yesterday. This is what the yard looks like today...

I'm at home again today. I called in for a snow day. I planned on taking another vacation day, but when I logged into work to set my out of office, I found a few mistakes made in the weekly forecast. So, I set about fixing it. I ended up working most of the day.