I made it home from work without much problem. It was slow driving, but no major incidencts. Ok, please beware, I feel a rant comming on. I need to confess that people who drive any type of big 4 wheel drive vehicle in the city piss me off. What makes me angry is that they get stupider once they get behind the wheel of that machine. I want to remind my reader(s) that simply because you can accelerate better with your 4 wheel drive does not mean you can STOP better with your 4 wheel drive. So quit tailgating, speeding, changing lanes quickly and drive like a rational, reasonable human being. I just want to add that I find it interesting that there are so many SUVs on the road here in the city, when in reality, I can think of 3 or maybe 4 times in the last 22 years I've lived here that I would have found having this type of vehicle useful. Note: when advertising these things, the auto makers show them on mountain roads blasting through snowdrifts, or full of mud after tearing up some off-road track, or on some high mountain top. Let me remind you 4 wheel drive owners, we have no mountains, unpaved roads, and the snowplows are out pretty quickly after a big "snow event." You don't need one of these in the city. End of rant.
It's after 11:30 pm and the snow is still coming down. I got home from work early, fired up the snow blower and cleaned up around our house and the neighbor's place. Speaking of the neighbors, say a little prayer for our next door neighbor Sherry's dad. He just had surgery to remove a brain tumor. Although the surgery was successful, the prognosis is not great. It's an aggressive type of cancer.
The blissful evening of enjoying the winter storm snuggled into our humble abode was only half realized. The Madster and 'Nika went sledding with a friend tonight. They got home late. I rented a couple of movies, but there were only 3 of us to enjoy them. We didn't have hamburgers tonight because: 1) Madster and 'Nika were gone over the dinner hour. 2) The Other (Younger) Half was complaining about having to spend 12 hours today taking an online test and couldn't be bothered to cook dinner. Piffle. I came home from work, cleared snow, and after running a couple of errands, spent some tense minutes watching the weather people on the teevee trying not to soil themselves over this winter storm. Talk about stress. I only wish I had a 12 hour test to take.
I called Jon tonight and told him that more likely than not, I would show up for work tomorrow. Somebody has to be there to make the coffee.
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