Snow
So December was a bit snow storm - but according to what I read, we got about 7 inches that time. It was hard to tell, because there was a lot of wind and it blew all over the place.
So Thursday they said we'd get between 8-12 inches this weekend, then Friday they moved it up to 8-18 inches, this morning they said we could get around 2 feet, and that was when there was about 16 inches already on the ground.
The snow took its sweet time starting last night. It began as lazy flurries, and then the next time I looked out, there was 2+ inches on the ground.
If it had waited on week, it would have been exactly 7 years since the Valentines Day Blizzard that got us caught in Crystal City, VA for Katsucon. What a weekend that was. I got my first Long Island Ice Tea that weekend. I was still sick from the mysterious illness that I never really told anyone about. And then we caravanned back home and had around 11 people stay with us in our old two-bedroom apartment. That was back when Clemens was still open and just across the street. I met a lot of people that ended up becoming important in my life that weekend, and met others that I really wish I saw more often. It was a good, but strange weekend.
So this weekend I'm sitting in the house, watching the cats lay on the heater, and knitting a pair of socks, and probably knitting other stuff. I'll probably pull out the nook soon and go hide in the other room under a couple of fleece blankets and let myself drift off into a world of vampires and mages for a bit. And there shall be roast beast in the oven - both for food and the added warmth that our crazy oven adds to the house. I should keep a turkey breast on hand for snow storms - because those damned things make the whole downstairs feel like an oven.
So Thursday they said we'd get between 8-12 inches this weekend, then Friday they moved it up to 8-18 inches, this morning they said we could get around 2 feet, and that was when there was about 16 inches already on the ground.
The snow took its sweet time starting last night. It began as lazy flurries, and then the next time I looked out, there was 2+ inches on the ground.
If it had waited on week, it would have been exactly 7 years since the Valentines Day Blizzard that got us caught in Crystal City, VA for Katsucon. What a weekend that was. I got my first Long Island Ice Tea that weekend. I was still sick from the mysterious illness that I never really told anyone about. And then we caravanned back home and had around 11 people stay with us in our old two-bedroom apartment. That was back when Clemens was still open and just across the street. I met a lot of people that ended up becoming important in my life that weekend, and met others that I really wish I saw more often. It was a good, but strange weekend.
So this weekend I'm sitting in the house, watching the cats lay on the heater, and knitting a pair of socks, and probably knitting other stuff. I'll probably pull out the nook soon and go hide in the other room under a couple of fleece blankets and let myself drift off into a world of vampires and mages for a bit. And there shall be roast beast in the oven - both for food and the added warmth that our crazy oven adds to the house. I should keep a turkey breast on hand for snow storms - because those damned things make the whole downstairs feel like an oven.