First snow

I've been in a whirlwind of working at my day job lately, where I seem to leave when it's dark outside, and return home when night has already fallen. I've only seen the garden as I pull in and out of the driveway each day for the last two weeks. So it seems especially cruel that right now, it's dark, wet and sloshy snow is falling. I didn't get outside to protect my winter crop of lettuce or my parsley. It seems as if we had a late Indian Summer that spiraled immediately into winter. It's disappointing. I'm not ready for this!