Snowed in
Okay, sort of. I live in an area that has a large-scale winter storm system sweeping through, ‘large-scale’ meaning across significant parts of three states. It isn’t that bad, maybe six inches accumulation of snow since this morning, but Susan and I live at the top of a mountain, and for her to get to work involves ten precarious miles of winding roads - layered in snow and ice and slush - before we even reach a sizeable highway, and even though we could have pushed through this morning, we made a field decision that we’d never be able to get back in the evening, and so I backtracked while Susan called in to work. (Not unexpected; schools and universities in the area had already closed before we even started off.)
Now we’re sitting indoors, watching the snow accumulate. Late news projects the roads to be in even worse shape tomorrow morning; and, additionally, this coming weekend is when my Reserve unit is scheduled for drill, with no telling yet what the state of the weather will be by then.
Hope Susan and I don’t get sick of each other over the next few days. She’s been in a bit of a mood lately.