I’m in a snowglobe!

The Washington DC area has not seen much of the wintry side of life lately but today changed that situation real fast! Last night, the weather guys on tv brought out the Bread-o-Meter (a spoof on everyone who runs out to stock up on the necessities in the threat of a storm that lasts 24 hours or less) to measure the anticipated precipitation. On a scale of 1 to 10, they measured it at 1. I am not sure where they were measuring exactly but in my neck of the woods (both work and home), it was over 3 inches for sure. I stayed at work as long as I felt guilted to do but when I saw what appeared to be freezing rain falling, I called it quits. I don’t do freezing rain on top of 3 inches of snow for NOBODY!

 As it was, I should have left an hour or two earlier. The road outside my organization was slick and down a hill. The traffic was backed up on the hill going up the other side and I was nervous about actually making it. I turned around at the first opportunity (which many others were doing) and wound my way through the back roads to reach the main roads. Thankfully, I used to live in that neighborhood so I knew where I was going the whole time. The roads weren’t cleared very well but they weren’t on hills either.

Forty minutes later, I arrived home. The worst part of the trip home was near my home. The road hadn’t seen a plow or sand all day so my car just slid around. I canceled my evening plans and am now nestled warmly at home.

It was a gorgeous snowfall though and I enjoyed watching it out the windows of my boss’ office. Apparently, the next snowfall is scheduled to come on Saturday – when I am in North Carolina!