Spring Snow Storm

Okay, so I so enjoyed Friday, Saturday, and yesterday. The warm temperatures of 40's and 50's really brought out the spring fever in me. Everything was melting, the snowbanks were receding and we were beginning to see some grass, dead and brown, but it was there. However, this morning when I got up at 5:00 AM to let the dogs out, it was snowing! Big, fluffy, and heavy snowflakes dropped down to the ground. By the time I left the house, the road was fully covered with at least 2 to 3 inches and not a snowplow in sight.

By the end of the day, what was supposed to be a light snowfall with little to no accumulation became nearly a foot of white stuff on the roof of my car! The snow was so wet that it stuck to the window screens so we couldn't see outside. I even began humming, "It's Beginning to Look at Lot Like Christmas" throughout the day and would spontaneously whistle, "Jingle Bells", which would get me strange looks from my students.

My usually 12 to 15 minute drive home from work at normal speed took me nearly 20 minutes instead. I was in a long line of cars creeping along at 25 to 30 miles per hour. The line was so long that I couldn't see the lead car ahead of me or the tail end of our line. And of course, just to make me feel even more tense driving home, I had to have an oil truck following behind me. I made it home with my precooked chicken and brown and serve buns ready for an easy and early supper. I have no intentions of leaving the house the rest of the night. Spring brings out my desire to get out and move, but snow brings out the hibernator in me, and that's what I intend to do the rest of the night.