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chillin'Topic: What's Been Happening
The weather has been crazy the last two weeks. It has snowed twice for a total of 12 inches. Yesterday morning we had freezing rain and hail that coated everything in THICK ice. About three hours ago there were snow flurries that didn't stick and now it is sunny. What is up with the weather, God? I don't know what to wear and the heck with planning anything.
So - are we feeling the effects of global warming? I don't know.
Driving to work has been a royal pain in the ass though. I have been in three incidents while driving in the last three weeks that have scared me half to death.
1.) A mini-van cut me off because he was having difficulties stopping on the icy slick streets and if he didn't change lanes than he would rear-end the car in front of him that was barely able to stop at the red light on 63rd St South and Broadway. So, cutting me off drastically cuts down on my stopping room, so I had to change lanes into the turn lane even though I wasn't turning. I couldn't stop either now and slid through the red light while honking my horn like a mad woman and controlling the skid so I didn't go into on coming traffic.
2) Coming home from the caucus on 02/05/2008 I was basically driving in a blizzard. Yes. The snow was blowing like crazy, drifting all over the road, and was coming down so fast we got like 2 inches in under an hour. Also, I had never been to Winfield before so this was a totally strange road for me. Luckily I met up with the snow plough 11 miles outside of Wellington and followed it the rest of the way home. Needless to say, I drove under 30 miles an hour on that 25 mile drive and instead of getting home by 9pm as I had planned, I got home at 9:30pm. Matt was frantic and so worried about me, he pulled Joey out of his house, grabbed blankets, my jacket (which I didn't take because it was such a beautiful night when I left before the blizzard) and a hammer in case he had to knock encrusted ice and snow from my wheelwells. He also said the hammer was to bang out dents incase the wheelwells bent into my tires, but I thought about this later and they are some kind of plastic not metal, so that was odd. Matt in his frantic mode wasn't thinking about that. Anyway, I got home and was so shaken and starving since I hadn't eaten since breakfast I ordered a sandwich from Pizza Hut and made a HUGE rum and coke.
3) The day after the blizzard like conditions driving into work was a nightmare. It was 25 mph or slower the entire trip from Wellington. I had to swerve off into a ditch (thank heaven for 4 wheel drive) so as to not rear-end a car that decided to turn off HWY 81 to Riverdale (or whatever that town is called) I had no choice really. I was going slow, but because of the incline on the road I would have slid right into him and sent him into oncoming traffic. So I went to the right, slide into the ditch, floored my four-wheeler and popped out the ditch. It scared me so bad I pulled over and cried for 20 minutes while I sat there shaking. I just don't like this feeling of driving on ice when you can't stop your car. You car is supposed to stop when you step on the brakes not go, "Oh, sorry, can't stop now, sliding into stuff" and ignore you. My left arm still really hurts from that experience. I think I pulled or bruised something in my arm. I did not tell Matt about this incident because a) it is in the past, b) he can't fix it, and c) it will just make him worry more about me.
Speaking of Matt - the weather is screwing with him. He's sick AGAIN. Yes, he has the stomach flu or something. He is supposed to go to Michelle's parent teacher night this evening but he couldn't drive to work without feeling "Seasick" and ready to vomit. He was green when he walked in the back door and nearly fell into his chair he was so dizzy. My poor sweetie has got a terrible Constitution. It is funny that he calls me his delicate flower when he's the one that gets sick when the wind blows or someone sneezes within three feet of him. Kyle was sick the weekend before last and I am wondering if Matt got Kyle's illness and has just been incubating it ever since. Oh, joy, when will I get this marvelous flu bug du jour?