Leave Your Garbage Out There One More Day

Every time we've looked out the window today, our garbage and recycling containers have lost more and more definition, gradually becoming absorbed into the gently sculpted snowscape that surrounds us. And we were wondering: Is the city really going to try to collect this garbage today? Turns out no: "Single-family residential garbage, yard waste, and recycling collection has been delayed in Seattle for today, Thursday, December 18, due to dangerous road conditions. Most business and apartment services will be collected on schedule." We can leave our containers at the curb one more day, but if tomorrow's a no-go, we have to save them for next week. (Though we can leave out twice as much garbage.) With even the garbage collectors having a snow day, our last vestiges of guilt about working at home have melted away.