How can I make a blog entry without saying something about the "blizzard of 2011"? This is a picture of my sister's back yard which gauges how much snow had fallen and just how much it drifted. As I walked over to her yard the most shallow amount was maybe 7" and the deepest sections were up to my crotch. (yup) As I had visions of dropping the iphone in the snow as I was about to fall, I thought, ah, maybe time to go inside. I had hoped for better pictures but it was tough to show how things really looked out there yesterday. What has made the last few days most interesting is how our area responded to this snow. I'm a planer so I took this seriously and we left work at 2:45 and it's a damn good thing we did because it was crazy! The roads were quite snow covered and the blowing was amazing. We managed to get home at the right time because the one intersection we travel through later had up to 60 cars stranded there during the night. As we left for work this morning the road on the way to work was snow covered as was expected, however, once we got to the corner of two major routes we came across the a wall of snow! Seriously a wall of snow! We had to take several different roads to work ultimately, but we did get there. I know there are some of you who live in a region with a lot more snow and this kind of fall isn't unusual for you, but dang, we have not had one of these since 1979 or so! And, let me say it's a great way for everyone to take a deep breath and embrace the chance to just slow down a bit. Life is good.
And now it's time to embrace the cold!
I want to say thank you to all the child care staff who made it in to work yesterday and cared for the clients at Larkin. The children appreciate knowing staff were there to care for them and keep them safe.