Well, it's a second day of no school. In fact, we've missed quite a bit of school this year due to snow ... more so than in many years. We're to the point of facing several make up days. But, I count myself quite fortunate in that I am able to stay home and not risk an accident ... and I still get paid. I am well aware that there are many folks that either miss a day's wage if they can't make it into work or who have to pay the expense of child care as they go off to work but their children stay home.
Stormageddon ...
Snowpocalypse ...
"100 million people in path of 2,000 mile storm" ... sounds like a harem-scarem movie ... surely the consequence of global warming ... er, I mean "climate change."
Must be Bush's fault. I'm sure Dear Leader will rescue us. I can envision now his emotion-charged speech inspiring us to rise above the situation ... and then to get back on our squirrel wheels and run harder, faster and farther, because only work will save us.
Fortunately for our area, the storm did not turn out as bad as the weather forecasters were forecasting. I was most fearful of a repeat
ice storm as in 2007, but so far the power has stayed on. But, the weather is bad enough that,
not only schools but, major industries and companies are closed. Even the local air force base is closed for a second day. Two local grocery store chains closed last night. Sadly, the local pizza and Chinese food deliverers have been kept busy. (Yeah, pizza sounds good right now, but if I don't want to risk going outside, why would I want someone else to risk it?)
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| Crazy Dog in her element! |
Crazy Dog is diggin' the white stuff! But, she's made for this kind of weather -- cold, snow and ice are in her Chessie genetic material! She runs around kicking up the snow, then plops down in it with a wild snort.
I'm feeling a tad guilty for not working out yesterday at my local Y, which closed early in the end. So, I promptly turned yesterday into what I'm sure everyone else did: an
Eating Fest! Rosemary and Olive Oil Triscuits, cream of asparagus soup, wine, chili and chips, more wine, a Weight Watchers dessert (ha!), more wine. So, today it's back on the wagon. I won't risk going to the Y due to ice and snow (and possibly missing my neighbor's son coming over to shovel), plus the wind chill is dangerously low. But, today I will pop in an exercise DVD and get back on track with proper eating. (I'm down 7 pounds and five inches ... can't let yesterday turn into a snowball ... a snow avalanche ... of out-of-control eating.)
I did some school work yesterday and then snooped around the Internet catching up on my favorite bloggers. I came across this fascinating picture of
the Mississippi River at St. Louis freezing solid in February 1905. Note the line of people in the background beneath the bridge spanning between both shores! It was referred to as The Ice Gorge!
WOW!!!! Now
THAT's some serious cold there!
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| WTF?!? |
And, of course, there was this morning's announcement about
Punxsutawney Phil not seeing his shadow. If you, too, are snowed in and looking for something to while away the time, MSNBC has a story on the origins of
Groundhog Day and other common superstitions. (By the way, it reports that Phil has been right only about a third of the time. Poor little fellow -- all those freaks hanging out at his crib, yanking him out into the cold and the flashing of cameras. What a weird tradition ...)
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