The Big Chill

Hello there.

OMG it is Freeeezzzziing here. It's 8 degrees that "feels like -4". Yesterday we had a two-hour delay (god clearly wasn't paying close attention to my prayer) because the roads were icy from some snow squalls the day before. The wind chill was 7 below (yes, -7) so treating the roads was a little tough; they gave us 2 hours to stay warm while the road crews worked.

I happened to get caught in those squalls on my way home Thursday and it was the worst condition I've ever driven in. Earlier in the day we had snow (while I looked out my classroom window!) and squalls, but then it stopped. When I left my faculty meeting at 3;30, all the snow had stopped, and it was all slushy and melted on the parking lot and roads. I thought, okay, then, let me go do some errands and have a drink with C. Well, when we walked out at 5:30 it started squalling again, and--as I found out while I was driving--there was a flash freeze that preceded it, so under the snow the roads were a sheet of ice. What normally takes 20 minutes took an hour, and there was one point where I was stuck. I had to come to a stop from a crawl and couldn't get moving again because it was sheer ice. Scary stuff. Honestly, getting to school yesterday after the delay wasn't a picnic either.

Today I have a bunch of errands to do. Although I do want to look for new eyeglasses, I mostly have grocery shopping and stocking up to do, and because I am my mother I will go to three different stores to get the best prices. Normally I would go to the gym first and do my shopping right after--all sweaty, in my sweats. Today, just thinking of getting in and out of my car into the frigid cold while sweaty makes me shiver, so I've made the executive decision to skip the gym today, and focus on getting back to normal today. I've been in an anniversary party warp for the last few weeks and this weekend is going to be about me.

I have Julie and Julia on hand and coming home from my errands and hanging out with a movie and a glass of wine sounds great. Maybe I'll buy myself some shrimp cocktail and a new toenail color and have a pamper myself party. And maybe I'll get inspired to cook...tomorrow.

AnywayS, I wonder what you have going on this weekend...Hope all is well.
Love you,
B