SNOW DAY

There have been plenty of times in my life that 4 inches of snow would have been a mere inconvenience and may or may not even made my radar.

But that's been a while. Now, I'm like the rest of my fellow North Carolinians (at least in this part of the state) who do not own a snow shovel. I have a scraper only because it got buried in my trunk years ago and when I lived in PHX and in L.A. I just never bothered to get rid of it.

I also don't own a legitimate winter coat. I own "winter jackets", they are cute and add an additional layer. If I was outside more than 20 min in real winter weather, I would freeze to death.

The lack of a true winter is exactly one of the reasons we moved here.

That being said, the fallout from the 4 inches of snow Friday night continues to be amusing to me. It stopped snowing well before noon on Saturday. Sunday afternoon, I went out in the 4wd SUV.

There's a slight chance I could get my mustang out of the driveway. There's NO CHANCE what so ever that I could get out of the subdivision. The surface streets in Raleigh are still covered in snow, the only thing remotely clean are the interstates and some of the major roads are cleared, but nothing beyond that.

I think there's like 2 plows in all of Wake County and those poor guys have been out since Friday and they have barely made a dent.

Hwy 98 is the main route between Wake Forest & Durham, this is how I get to work and thousands of other people. Its obviously never seen a plow, it is treacherous at best.

So all the school and most of the businesses are closed for the day, including my work & the baby's daycare- however, not the husband's. He actually had to brave the roads this morning. The only reason he made it alive is because the Escape has 4wd.

So 3 days after the snow falls we get a snow day. That's something. Right on. I have no idea how the hell I am going to get to work tomorrow, assuming the plant re-opens... I'll worry about that then I guess.

In the meantime, I'll just be enjoying my snow day.