Ok mississippians.. come on.. really? I know I grew up in Iowa and we don't even consider it snow unless its at least ankle deep but seriously. I woke up this morning and lo and behold there were white clumps dropping from the sky. It looked a little odd to me because I could never remember snow being that big.
I opened the door and very shortly discovered it was slush. not snow. A nice slush lake had formed in the yard and the streets. ok.. no big deal. just a little slush. Roscoe had the time of his life outside today!! :) I got dressed and walked outside to my car to pull it in the driveway a little closer to the house so I could put my tire on. I got to the door and the next thing i knew slush was hitting me in the face and my bum was ice cold!! DANG IT!! wouldn't ya know it!! i flippin slipped in the slush!! That hasn't happened to me in almost 10 years. I laughed so loud my neighbor came out and asked if I was ok. I sat in the semi-frozen puddle for about 30 more seconds told him i was fine, got up and got in my car. yes i realize that now i have ice in my drivers seat because it got wet from my butt. my cold butt.
i finally got the tire changed and went back inside to change for work. I had a few errands to run before getting to work. I was driving to work and realized something was off. Everything was quiet. too quiet. there was nobody on the road. at all. not a soul. I got to the shopping center and there was not a single car in the parking lot. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!! where is everyone. then i noticed that the entire shopping center was closed. every store! EVERY ONE!! I looked at the mall acroos the street. closed! ARE YOU SERIOUS!! ALL BECAUSE OF A LITTLE SNOW!! I turned on the radio to hear about schools being closed and cars driving 10 miles and hour down the street because they didn't know how to drive in sleet. THE WHOLE CITY HAS SHUT DOWN!! everything except for hobby lobby of course!! Of course amber's store is still open!!
i get to work an hour early not having accomplished anything only to find out the every employee except for 12 had called in because of the weather. oh great... it's gonna be along night. well maybe not. we only had maybe 20 customers. i got alot of work done today. it's amazing how much work you get done when there are no customers bothering you or messing things up.
i still just think it's strange how everyone freaked out over a little snow. it really wasn't a big deal. at all.
but at least gas prices are $1.33. yeah.. just thought i would throw that in. be jealous!! i know you are!
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I wish my Bussiness would close for snow! We got 3 and a half inces Tuesday and ice with it!..........But everything stayed open. Gas today was $1.27 here in K.C.Mo.........Hope you have a Fantastic Friday!,,,,,,,In christ's Love.....Monic
HI, I'm a friend of Brad. Gas prices here are 1.60 and I thought we were doing well. We,of course we are.
Uncle JIm
I had to laugh at this entry because I totally understand what you mean!
I have spent most of my life living in Minnesota, but I completed part of my undergrad degree at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Now we Minnesotans are no stranger to snowfalls of up to two feet, so when it snowed a half of inch at my little southern campus and the place shut down I was amazed! I understand that lack of a city-wide snow removal plan could make roads dangerous, but this snow was nothing a car with front wheel drive couldn't handle. But the community freaked out--to be truthful it was rather amusing to watch.
I'd like to see how southerners would react to a real storm. Up here in Minnesota we are scheduled to get 15 inches of snow and ice in he next 48 hours and you can be sure, nothing will shut down. I'll still be expected to go to work in this mess. Blah.
@AnemicPolitik - exactly. i am still laughing!!