Wed 16 Jan 2008
Southern Snow
Posted by Liza under The Real Live Boy, Opinion
Back when I lived in DC, I made fun of how DC metro area residents lost their damn minds at even the threat of snow, to say nothing of actual falling flakes of snow.
I had no idea how well they coped.
Atlantans are even more paranoid and panicked by snow than Washingtonians.
It took me 20 minutes to go one mile from my office on my way home tonight. The snow wasn’t even sticking to the street yet, although it was starting to stick to the grass and trees. Lucky for me, things picked up some as I got further from the business area, so my normal 25-35 minute, city street commute only took about an hour.
As you can see, the flakes were the big wet fluffy looking kind, and Noah had a wonderful time. In fact, he played outside for close to an hour. This caused a fabulous alteration to our current dramatic bedtime routine — he fell asleep 6 or 7 minutes after we put him down.
January 16th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
There are similar crybaby drivers when it snows way up here in Columbus. Combined with the few who speed and fly off the highway. As you’re crawling along, at least you can count the cars in the median for entertainment.
Every once in a while, after we shovel maybe three times the whole winter, I wonder if I still would have the stamina to live in Milwaukee.
BTW, LOVE the boots. I saw some like that at Target, but none in size 6.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:23 am
That’s where I got them! I think I snagged the last pair of size 8s in the place.
January 17th, 2008 at 7:57 am
We’re due for some snow in the DC area today and panic has already set in around the Beltway - a run on the grocery stores, salt trucks lined up and waiting. I already emailed the BossMan and told him I was going to work from home so I can watch the mayhem on the traffic cameras from the warmth of my couch. Too bad John’s too tiny to play around in the fluffy stuff!