At this point, doing anything in Bellevue is an adventure
This morning's adventure: Going To Church.
We seemed to have missed the windstorm (which is GREAT - I happen to like having the power on) but we had another four inches of snow when I woke up this morning at 6:30am. Happily, though, there was a nice frozen crust (like a thin candy shell) so when I went to dig out Abi's car at 7:30, all I really had to do was break the crust and dig. No scraping necessary - just fling snow at will! I found that our plastic cutting board worked well.
We got out of our condo complex just fine, then immediately got stuck. I did a lot of pushing, but unfortunately when it's me against the car I tend to lose. But two guys stopped when they saw how pathetic I was and helped push us out. And we eventually, slowly, made our way to church without crashing or getting stuck again. Abi was very great at being calm and careful, even though I know she was completely stressed out.
Upon arrival Abi went to go do her stage managing thing and I went to see if the hospitality team had showed up. Only one person had made it, so I helped make vats of coffee, and put out communion, and yes, it is always tempting to switch the wine with the juice. We stayed for two services because neither Abi nor I had relief volunteers. (We were expecting that, though, so I minded not at all.) But really, I shouldn't be left to do things by myself. People did get their coffee and communion, but it was a bit haphazard and I spilled all over the kitchen :P Do not trust me with responsibility! If left alone, I will mess things up and/or make a mess. So a thank you goes to Jeremy and Abi for lending their helping hands, which were very helpful! The three of us finally left at 1:30pm and, of course, by that time it had been snowing again for the last two hours. Driving home was a bit fearful, but we made it.
As was expected, work is closed today (and perhaps tomorrow as well), so I am now holed up at home enjoying a paid day off. Abi and I might go out for another snowland walking adventure, but there will be no more driving. Some of the roads have a solid two inches of ice :P I do not recommend coming to Bellevue unless you enjoy not stopping at intersections.
We seemed to have missed the windstorm (which is GREAT - I happen to like having the power on) but we had another four inches of snow when I woke up this morning at 6:30am. Happily, though, there was a nice frozen crust (like a thin candy shell) so when I went to dig out Abi's car at 7:30, all I really had to do was break the crust and dig. No scraping necessary - just fling snow at will! I found that our plastic cutting board worked well.
We got out of our condo complex just fine, then immediately got stuck. I did a lot of pushing, but unfortunately when it's me against the car I tend to lose. But two guys stopped when they saw how pathetic I was and helped push us out. And we eventually, slowly, made our way to church without crashing or getting stuck again. Abi was very great at being calm and careful, even though I know she was completely stressed out.
Upon arrival Abi went to go do her stage managing thing and I went to see if the hospitality team had showed up. Only one person had made it, so I helped make vats of coffee, and put out communion, and yes, it is always tempting to switch the wine with the juice. We stayed for two services because neither Abi nor I had relief volunteers. (We were expecting that, though, so I minded not at all.) But really, I shouldn't be left to do things by myself. People did get their coffee and communion, but it was a bit haphazard and I spilled all over the kitchen :P Do not trust me with responsibility! If left alone, I will mess things up and/or make a mess. So a thank you goes to Jeremy and Abi for lending their helping hands, which were very helpful! The three of us finally left at 1:30pm and, of course, by that time it had been snowing again for the last two hours. Driving home was a bit fearful, but we made it.
As was expected, work is closed today (and perhaps tomorrow as well), so I am now holed up at home enjoying a paid day off. Abi and I might go out for another snowland walking adventure, but there will be no more driving. Some of the roads have a solid two inches of ice :P I do not recommend coming to Bellevue unless you enjoy not stopping at intersections.