Winter Stinks

So . . . long time no blog!

This winter has been CRUMMY. The snow was late in coming, and now every time we get a nice snowfall, it's quickly followed by a couple of days of rain and above freezing temps. So the snow turns into ice, and the roads and parking lots are horrid, and I haven't broken my neck yet, but it's only a matter of time.

For all the complaining I've done about my driveway, I've never actually not been able to get up it, or even come close to sliding off. (As opposed to straight up DRIVING off which I did early last winter.) Until this morning. The entire driveway is a solid sheet of ice, a couple of inches thick, and this morning, with the rain, the ice was covered with a nice skim of water. And as I was turning the corner at the cemetery, headed down the steep section, my car lost all traction and began a slow slide toward the edge of the road and the trees. It was completely terrifying. There was nothing I could do. I kept hold of the wheel and just hoped that the trees would stop the car from rolling to the bottom of the hill as I slowly slid toward the edge. And then the car sort of gently bounced off what remained of the snowbank and somehow it was pointing the right direction and I went on my completely freaked out way. I'm anticipating a return to my normal heart rate sometime in February. Because now, I'm going to spend all day wondering what's going to happen when I try to get home tonight . . . and try to get back to work tomorrow.

So, if you love me, pray for nice sticky, tractiony snow.