Superfun snow!

Well, 30" later, our first Snowstorm left everyone shoveling furiosly and acting neighborly. David very kindly rescued my car with his dad, and snowplowed the entire block. And built more snow castle. I've been somewhat left out of the activities due to a raging sinus infection. This morning I woke up to a tinkling sound and thought, "hmmm. Either a robber broke in to pee on our floor or something is leaking. David and I leapt out of bed to a burst pipe and three new inches of snow! Hurray! Happy winter, everyone.


P.s. My computer broke so pictures will only follow if David grants his lowly servant permission to put them on his computer first. In awesome news, I'm blogging from my new iPod! Thanks, husband!

Snow Day!

It was snowing when I left for work yesterday morning at 7:10. It is still snowing today at 10 a.m. It has not stopped - apparently we have a new record! 17" in 24 hours! We even beat last January's dumpdown.

I left work at 3:00 sharp. I walked in the doors of my house at 6:27. Traffic was the worst mess I have ever seen. When I heard on the radio that my hill was closed I almost cried. It had taken me an hour (maybe more) to go west of the only open street to the south hill. I would have to backtrack to the street so I could have a chance at driving up a steep, snowy street. It wasn't worth it (and I was running out of gas). I parked my car on the side of the road and walked home. It took me 20 minutes. I was zooming past the cars waiting through 4 light changes to make it through the intersections. Suckers.

Pictures to follow.

Tree Trimming!

Babies, babies everywhere

If you are currently participating in dangerous kissing behavior, or you want to, ye be warned.

Speaking of smooches, there are a lot of pregnant people around. It makes me nervous. Like it's catching. Come to think of it, I frequently worry about pregnancy around this time of year. Any ideas why?

Sheesh.

We had a little excitement today at school. Ten minutes into 5th period, the principal announced that we were in lockdown.

Awesome.

When it's a drill, they tell the teachers ahead of time. They hadn't said a word.

We sat on the floor in the back of the room with all the lights out and the blinds shut for about 20 minutes.

We found out later that a student had a severe case of the idiots and didn't think before he packed his backpack. He brought a practice grenade to school. Oops. Turns out that practice grenades look a lot like real grenades, and if you have one, you should never bring it to school.

All is fine, but it was moderately concerning. 20 minutes is a long time to wonder what's going on.