2007 Snowstorm

Well well well... we saw a historical event here in Ohio. Non stop snow since Tuesday afternoon. It's 4:26pm on Wednesday and it still hasn't stopped snowing. Schools, businesses and universities are closed and I was told by my manager to stay at home. Actually, my colleague and I called each other this morning pondering whether it was a good idea to go to work or not, and we decided that we wouldn't go. Then an hour later the manager called to check and make sure that I was safe at home and not endangering my life by driving on the icy roads. I'm just glad I got the day off. Only the really important people had to still get to work. Non-emergency personnel all stayed at home.

Our cars are stuck in about ooooh, a foot of snow? Somewhere in the middle of the tyres. The snow plowers have been working all day trying to push the snow to one side. But every time they push it, the wind would blow the snow right back on the plowed area. I don't think salt is being put on the streets either. Apparently if salt is put on the snow, the snow will melt but the temperature will make the melted snow icy again. And yup, that's bad.

So with all the snow around, many people aren't celebrating valentine's day. Some florists are delivering flowers, some aren't. As for me, hubby and I don't observe the holiday. It's not because of the non-islamic part of it, but more due to hubby's belief that love should be shown everyday of the year. Not just one day of the year. When we first got together I always got so envious of my friends who received flowers from their boyfriends while I never received anything. But now I've gotten used to it.

Anyway, we're going to go change the tyres on the car so that I can drive safely to work tomorrow. Should've done that yesterday. But we're procrastinators. And who would've thought that the weather was going to get this bad? We thought winter was almost over!! Snow is so much fun to play in but it's horrible to drive in.

Can't wait for the sunshine.