When it comes to seasons, Winter is definitely in the top four.

[In a Casey Kasem voice: Coming in this week at number four: Winter!]

I know I probably complain incessantly about those summer days when the temperature gets above 90 and seems to stay there for a couple weeks. But I'm pretty sure I'm gonna stop doing that. And anyone who might be reading this from north of here and east of the Mississippi (What? I can pretend I have followers around the country, can't I?), I know you've had it way worse than us Denverites this year, but come on.

Actually, it really wouldn't suck at all if there was this unwritten code that schools, employers, clients, etc. understood. That everything just gets canceled. That's what the unwritten code should be. We all just stay home, and off the roads. Go for a walk. Get out and play. Take some pictures of how beautiful the snow looks on the trees, or the way it sometimes seems to defy physics by how much space it can occupy on the top of a street sign. But keep the cars parked. Wanna get somewhere? Public Transit. Cross country ski. Snowshoe. Walk. Or I know: how about don't go anywhere? Stay home. Why do we always have to be going somewhere or doing something?

An occasional spontaneous, unplanned, what-should-we-do-now kind of day would be so emotionally gratifying that we would become massively more productive and happy as a society. Really. (Note to self for a future blog: lay out details for my long-wished-for eight-day week with three-day weekends every weekend.) I would have stayed home today. So would have my daughter and wife. We would have slept in. Then we'd get up, make and enjoy some breakfast together as a family. And then? Who knows. Maybe a game of Monopoly. Then a movie on the flat screen. Heck, even on the way to school today, my daughter said. "If I didn't have school today, it would be a perfect time to decorate my Valentines box that I have to bring to school next week." See? All this stuff we always put off for a "rainy" day never gets done, because we're always too damn busy on these rare "rainy" days. As a society, we aren't allowed to take any time off. It's bullshit.