So we got a lot of snow last night. Like 15-18 inches (that's what she said). Both our offices wisely decided yesterday that we would be having a Snow Day today. There is absolutely NO reason to leave the house today. The roads may be passable, but us being out there just hampers the job of the plows and emergency crews. I mean really, do you want to go for a drive just to end up in the ditch and become part of the problem? My PJs seem like a better plan that sitting in a frozen car in a ditch for 5 hours before they can come get me out.
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| Outside our place |
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| There is a row of houses that are normally visible across this field |
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| This is the normal view of the above photo. Yikes. |
We just burrowed in, made pizza, and got drunk. Look at that picture and tell me it doesn't make you wanna reach for a nice, hot toddy. I thought so. We also experienced some lightning and thundersnow. That was kinda cool, not gonna lie. But MAN, I have never seen a storm like this before!
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| Our screen door. On the third floor. Snow was whipped all the way in to the upper corners of the door! That's some powerful wind! It was literally snowing sideways, sometimes even snowing UP! |
So today is going to consist of cookie dough, more homemade pizza, and Netflix instant play! We are super thankful that we never lost power last night--our heat is electric! We are also thankful that both our workplaces let us go early so that we were home before it got bad. A lot of people got stuck in their cars or on Metra trains coming home, and we are fortunate that we were all snuggled in by then! Okay, I gotta post this before the internet goes down again!
