okra: Snow Day!

Late yesterday afternoon it began snowing and it snowed all night. This morning, everything was covered in a thick blanket of snow. It is so thick that I couldn't even get the car out to go to work. I don't think that anyone has made it in today, except maybe one co-worker who lives close enough to walk. Today is a very clear, sunny day, but it is very, very cold. Very little of the snow has melted. The snow is sparkling in the sun.

I ventured out to try to dig the car out, taking pictures along the way. It was so very, very cold. I could hear someone down the street (I couldn't see them, but I could sure hear them) shouting "Arrrrrrhhhhhhh! So cold! Wahhhhhhhhhhh!" and carrying on. I feel your pain, anonymous neighbor! I didn't last long. I dug out the driver's side, fighting the snow with a broom just to open the door. I got the door open and the car started, but I had created such a pile of snow around the car that I couldn't really move. It was piled higher than my waist! I don't have a snow shovel, and I also have asthma, so I just went back inside. Even if I did manage to dig out my car, I bet the roads are terrible. I called my work and one of the bosses pretty much just told me to stay home. So, I just finished a bowl of vanilla oatmeal, and I'm feeling pretty good about it. The net was down for awhile, but now it's back up, and so I couldn't be happier.

This is what our house looked like this morning.

Tiny icicles!

This is what our car looked like this morning...

... and this is what it looked like after I gave up trying to dig it out (taken as I was shivering, peeking out from the kitchen window in defeat).