Don't know what to think about this so-called Blizzard we've been having. They'd been building up the hype all week, and we were awakened at 5 a.m. on Wednesday by the weather radio informing us that a blizzard warning was beginning at 1 p.m. that afternoon. (Yep, forgot to turn it off after tornado season was done!)
Well, 1 p.m. came and went. Earlier, there had been rain, sleet, and a variety of weather, nothing bad enough to be called a blizzard. Still, roads were tricky and I didn't have to work after all. (I usually don't now on Wednesdays, but had been scheduled on because of a need.) Since Lowell schools were closed, Awana was cancelled as well.
Eric went to school and came home. He said the roads weren't great, but not too bad. It was supposed to start snowing harder and get windy but neither really happened.
So this morning - still in blizzard warning (until 4 p.m.) but Lowell schools were OPEN, as well as Greenville's. That was significant because if school was cancelled in Greenville, Cub Scout Roundtable was officially cancelled. Also, work decided to be open as well.
So I had my work cut out for me. Still had to burn CDs for Roundtable as well as some other prep. I'd pretty much convinced myself that RT would be cancelled and hadn't done the burning yet (why waste CDs if I'm not going to need them?) Also had to finish making some new bead holders since I was out of them. Got everything done and got on the road about 11 a.m. (needed to be at work at noon.)
Roads were not too bad, even the Sargent hill has been worse. Made it to work in 45 minutes, going about 30-40 all the way. Visibility was definitely reduced the more west I headed. Made it to work where I found out in a quick e-mail check that Roundtable was cancelled anyway.
And now we've decided to close work at 4 p.m. So I'll get to go home a little early, too. Seems that the Blizzard warning has been extended until tomorrow and that conditions are finally befitting the name. I'm gonna head straight home and probably not go anywhere until church on Sunday! (and if the weather isn't good, I can probably stay home from church with a safe conscience since I don't teach Sunday School this week.)
I've just about decided to start watching Channel 13's weather instead of Channel 8 since Channel 8 seems to over-dramatize the weather situation. That just gets me all anxious about getting out on the roads. Just because I know how to drive in this stuff, doesn't mean I like it!
Stay warm, stay dry, stay home!
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