"Looks like I'm going nowhere."
Dec. 6th, 2003 06:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gatezillaGood God - the snow! All through November ... no snow ... no snow ... no snow ... then BAM!
We got to leave work early last night because the afternoon mail never made it to the office, so there was very little for us to process. So at 12:15 last night, my little Focus and I were slipping and sliding from Needham to Watertown. I'm just grateful that there weren't that many people on the roads with me because I was all over the place. I hate that feeling when you're turning the wheel one way and the car decides it would be much easier to go the opposite direction. I was surprisingly calm through the whole thing and at one point, even remembered the whole "steer into the skid" rule. Go me.
I also had one of those moments when you realize that you've become your parents. I'm never in the car without the radio on - I love music, and I love to sing, so I sing my little heart out when I'm in my car. But last night, as I was skidding around on the road, the first thing I did was turn off the radio. And I realized that whenever my parents were stuck in bad weather or bad traffic, the first thing they did was turn off the radio. I never understood that as a kid. I'm not even sure I understand it now, but I found myself doing it without even thinking about it. So weird.
We got to leave work early last night because the afternoon mail never made it to the office, so there was very little for us to process. So at 12:15 last night, my little Focus and I were slipping and sliding from Needham to Watertown. I'm just grateful that there weren't that many people on the roads with me because I was all over the place. I hate that feeling when you're turning the wheel one way and the car decides it would be much easier to go the opposite direction. I was surprisingly calm through the whole thing and at one point, even remembered the whole "steer into the skid" rule. Go me.
I also had one of those moments when you realize that you've become your parents. I'm never in the car without the radio on - I love music, and I love to sing, so I sing my little heart out when I'm in my car. But last night, as I was skidding around on the road, the first thing I did was turn off the radio. And I realized that whenever my parents were stuck in bad weather or bad traffic, the first thing they did was turn off the radio. I never understood that as a kid. I'm not even sure I understand it now, but I found myself doing it without even thinking about it. So weird.
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Date: 2003-12-06 03:28 pm (UTC)We've lucked out today, for a change. Usually my area is the one that gets dumped on big time, but this time around it's you guys who are getting the brunt of the storm. It's all picking now, though - I stuck my head outside and it damn near froze off. Plus the blizzard conditions have finally arrived. Sigh. What do you think the odds are that this will be the only storm of the year? (Lie to me, OK)
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Date: 2003-12-06 04:14 pm (UTC)Are we ever! I don't know how much we have, but it's still coming down like crazy. I went stir-crazy a little while ago, so I bundled up in my boots and coat and baseball cap and trudged down to the corner store for some chocolate. Yeah, I won't be doing that again. Chocolate cravings be damned.
What do you think the odds are that this will be the only storm of the year? (Lie to me, OK)
Great odds! After this it'll all be sunshine and early spring, baby.
Was that convincing? Actually, over the summer people were talking about how it was supposed to be a very cold winter, without a lot of snow. So far, not so much with the accuracy.