Snow, Snow go Away Already!

 

 

Here we go, blizzard conditions today. Yay me!

 

I know you're all jealous that here in my little corner of the world, I'll be getting somewhere between 12-20 inches of blowing snow today. And tomorrow I get to freeze my a$$ off because it's only supposed to get to a high of about 15 degrees.
 

I can't even stand it anymore. Just about every school here closed last night because of the impending weather. It was fine when I left to come to work but now it's getting harder to see the buidling across the street. My ride home ought to be tons of fun. :P
 

Only here can it be 55 one day and blizzard conditions the next. Mother Nature needs to kick Old Man Winter to the curb already.
 

I am so ready for summer...

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Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow...

somewhere else.

Please.

It's been snowing here pretty much all afternoon and the wind isn't helping matters any. I can hardly wait to drive home tonight. That should be almost as fun as my drive in was this morning. I really hate the snow. I don't mind winter, I deal, as well as anyone, with the cold, but I could do without the icky white stuff mucking everything up.

That picture up there, that's just one of the main thoroughfares in my area. Nice, right? See why I can't wait to drive home?

Normally that trip takes approximately 20 minutes. Tonight I estimate doubling that travel time, maybe tripling, depending on how many of the drivers out there decide to be idiots. I got behind one this morning that thought doing 10 MPH was the smart thing to do. I understand slowing down when the weather is bad, but that was just ridiculous. You're just asking to have an accident that way.

My other peeve with the weather this time of year, having to clean off the car. I have a garage that sits behind my house and it is near to impossible to get the car into it. Consequently, I park in the driveway and the car gets covered with snow. So, I have to drag my ass outside in the frigid morning air most days from December to April, start the car so it gets close to warm by the time I leave and start brushing off the inches of accumulated snow and sometimes ice that encases my vehicle.

And I'm a bit OCD about it too. Ask my hub. I'm not lying.

I get every speck of snow off my car. I like to be able to see out all of my windows when I drive down the road. I also like to be able to see out my side view mirrors.

There are people, though, who find it perfectly acceptable to drive down the road without having cleared off the car at all.



And there are those who think the defroster will do the work for them.



And we wonder why there are so many accidents this time of year.

At least I don't have to worry about that tonight. I park in a garage where I work. I don't even have to leave my building to get to my car. Which is a good thing considering the wind has been howling all afternoon too.

Yay, winter's here. Whooo and hooo.

I am not amused.

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Rant of the Day...

You ever have one of those days? It's not even Monday and my Thursday is one of those days. And it's only 8:35 in the morning. It's going to be a long-ass day at this rate.

My day started at 5:15. My good friend Hath likes to call that O'dark early. She's right.

I'm not a morning person by any means. I like to take my time in the morning. I used to have a routine. That got all shot to hell when Little Man started 7th grade three weeks ago. I drag my ass into the shower a good 20 minutes earlier than I used to and get myself ready to go to work.

Then I have to wake up Little Man. He's 12. Does that tell you anything? You have to know where this is going.

Here's our conversation this morning:

LM: Five more minutes.

Q: You have to get up now.

LM: Two more minutes, please?

Q: Come on bud, you need to get up. Now!

Now, it's early, 5:55 by this time. His bus comes (well is supposed to come, but we'll get to that) at 6:35. My son is not the quickest person in the morning which is why we get everything ready the night before. All he has to do is wash his face, get dressed, have his breakfast and brush his teeth before we leave to go to the bus stop.

I swear to Jon and Richie I have the world's slowest eater. It takes this child longer to eat a bowl of cereal than anyone I've ever seen in my life. By the time we finally get out the door and up to the bus stop, there is like 2 minutes before his bus is supposed to be there.

It never showed this morning. Again.

Little man takes a City bus to school, not a regular big yellow school bus. The City buses where I live, they all run on a specific timetable. His is supposed to be at the stop (4 blocks from our house so I drive him there) at 6:37. I was still waiting with him (in the car he doesn't let me stand out there with him) at 6:50. Now, I start work at 7:30 and I still have to go back home, have my breakfast, gather my things and get to my office downtown.

So, I pile Little Man back in the car, drive the 4 blocks home, make a slice of toast to eat in the car, grab my stuff and get back in the car and off we go to take him to school. We were halfway there when we passed the damn bus. Go figure.

After dropping Little Man off and getting yelled at by the guy out front that I was in the wrong place I high-tailed it to work. Inhaled my toast on the way, had to stop at the restaurant in my building for a carton of milk (when did they start charging $.80 for a stinkin' little carton of milk) and was at my desk at 7:30. I'm still not sure I didn't break a few laws to get here on time this morning. But I feel like I put in a whole day already.

Oh, you want to know where my wonderful Hub was this morning? Sleeping. It's his day off. Dammit. I should call him. Right now.

*Sigh* I think I need to change my pants. These cranky ones are a bit uncomfortable this morning.

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