Holy weather!!!!

[Tuckins1]

In SE Michigan, there are over 500 schools closed. My lucky school is one of the 3 districts that is OPEN!!! What a joy it is, working with half staff and 10% of our students... Any other teachers have to work on this freezing, icy day?

 

[geckodani]

I feel your pain! I tried to get to work twice today! Got stuck the first time and had to be pushed back into a spot. Just tried again a few minutes ago, and made it as far as the entrance. Cars are sliding backwards down the hill in front of my complex and getting stuck. The entrance is totally blocked. I am going to stop trying!

 

[somethingshiny]

I was going to clean my grandma's house today. I looked out my window (in town) and thought, "I'm pretty sure I can make it through that." As I was getting ready to leave my grandma called and said she had 3 ft of snow drifts all down her 1/2 mile lane! So, staying home for both of us!

 

[Cehrabehra]

way over here the weather is bu hao too... we don't have the insane quantities of snow, but it's really damn cold and very, very windy and we got our first snow... it really was freezing rain. Our driver smashed up the car pretty bad He may even have to quit his job because they want him to pay 1/3 of the damages and that comes to about 3 months salary for him. It's insane and I feel really bad for him. Today was just a crazy chain of weird events that was thankfully settled somewhat by 3 friends coming over and drinking baileys and coffee at 9:30am

 

[Lauren8211]

In SE Michigan, there are over 500 schools closed. My lucky school is one of the 3 districts that is OPEN!!! What a joy it is, working with half staff and 10% of our students... Any other teachers have to work on this freezing, icy day?

OMG! Your school is OPEN? I didn't know ANY schools were open!

I was planning on shoveling the driveway today but it just looks too dang cold!

 

[Tuckins1]

I feel your pain! I tried to get to work twice today! Got stuck the first time and had to be pushed back into a spot. Just tried again a few minutes ago, and made it as far as the entrance. Cars are sliding backwards down the hill in front of my complex and getting stuck. The entrance is totally blocked. I am going to stop trying!

Stay home and drink some hot chocolate for me!!!

 

[Tuckins1]

I was going to clean my grandma's house today. I looked out my window (in town) and thought, "I'm pretty sure I can make it through that." As I was getting ready to leave my grandma called and said she had 3 ft of snow drifts all down her 1/2 mile lane! So, staying home for both of us!

I hope granny is all safe and snuggly in her house! If she's like my grandma, she'll try to go out and sweep the walk or something

 

[Tuckins1]

way over here the weather is bu hao too... we don't have the insane quantities of snow, but it's really damn cold and very, very windy and we got our first snow... it really was freezing rain. Our driver smashed up the car pretty bad He may even have to quit his job because they want him to pay 1/3 of the damages and that comes to about 3 months salary for him. It's insane and I feel really bad for him. Today was just a crazy chain of weird events that was thankfully settled somewhat by 3 friends coming over and drinking baileys and coffee at 9:30am

I so wish!!! Half our staff is gone. We think that they should all come tomorrow and those of us who are here today should take off!

 

[Tuckins1]

In SE Michigan, there are over 500 schools closed. My lucky school is one of the 3 districts that is OPEN!!! What a joy it is, working with half staff and 10% of our students... Any other teachers have to work on this freezing, icy day?

OMG! Your school is OPEN? I didn't know ANY schools were open!

I was planning on shoveling the driveway today but it just looks too dang cold!

Ummmm, yeah. DPS, Grosse Pointe, and us. Hooray. We seriously have about 150 kids, and we usually have at least 1000 (in our building alone!)

 

[geckodani]

My mom had to go in to teach (Detroit). I finally made it to work around 1:00. The hubs is stuck on the side of the road in West Bloomfield. GAH!

 

[zoebartlett]

I'm sorry Tuckins! I'm surprised you had school! Crazy. I've been watching the news and the stormy weather in your area is all over it.

I'm in New England and we haven't had ONE day of snow yet, just a few flurries here and there. I WISH we'd get a storm! It was 51 degrees today and it's going to go down to the 20s and 30s this week. Weird.

 

[Matata]

The Pineapple Express rolled into town Friday with warm temps and rain. DH is an avid skier and is obsessively checking the weather reports because he's afraid all the snow is going to melt.

 

[geckodani]

Matata- tell him he can have mine.

DH is off the side of the road... but still almost an hour out. He's seriously annoyed. Going to have one unhappy spouse...

 

[Matata]

Matata- tell him he can have mine.

DH is off the side of the road... but still almost an hour out. He's seriously annoyed. Going to have one unhappy spouse...

Gosh gecko I sure hope he's ok. One of the advantages of living where we do is we can drive 30 min. to the snow and it rarely falls on the valley floor. Hubby has no idea how awful it is to deal with heavy snow on a regular basis. I'm not sure he knows what a shovel looks like. That's one of the disadvantages of growing up in Houston. I, however, remember the winters I endured growing up in western PA and do not miss it at all.

 

[geckodani]

He's okay, just angry and frustrated. His already hour long commute has turned into 3 hours. I've got a beer on standby for when he gets home. I had to get pushed out 3 times today, so I feel his pain.

Le sigh.

 

[Mannequin]

So sorry you had to work today, Tuckins. Our district closed, thank goodness. My regular commute is about 40 minutes. I can't begin to imagine how long it would have taken me to get to school in the morning if we had stayed open.

Gecko, did hubs make it home okay? My DH works only about 12 miles away and it took him an hour to get home. You can tell you live in a pretty impoverished state by the unplowed, unsalted roads that iced over after an inch or two of the five or six inches of slushy snow that was dumped on you froze up. Not enough manpower to get things cleared before last night's deep freeze.

There are schools closing for tomorrow already due to the icy driving conditions. Sheesh!

 

[iLander]

We are south of the Mason Dixon line, and it's (relatively) freaking cold here!

I can always tell when it's really cold up north because it is ridiculously cold here. We are going to break some records tonight!

So, yeah, I feel sorry for you guys!

 

[Mannequin]

Snow day for my district again. Tuckins, staying home?

 

[Tuckins1]

Snow day for my district again. Tuckins, staying home?

As of right now... no snow day!!!! But, I feel some car trouble coming on

 

[Tuckins1]

Every district that I have to drive through is closed today, so I am taking a day. If I wasn't pregnant I might feel better about going out into the bitter cold and ice, but I had a dream last night that something happened to the baby, so i'm staying put today.

 

[geckodani]

Tuckins - stay put!!

DH got home after 3 hours last night.... so not a happy human being. Took him 2 hours to get in this morning. Sigh. I told him to leave early.

 

[Tuckins1]

Tuckins - stay put!!

DH got home after 3 hours last night.... so not a happy human being. Took him 2 hours to get in this morning. Sigh. I told him to leave early.

I'm glad he got home safe!!! What a mess it is. Every freeway is an ice sheet. I have to go to autozone today, (which is literally a mile from me, and I can go through the neighborhoods...) and i'm still nervous about going out!

 

[geckodani]

Be careful Tuckins! Try to take main roads instead of side streets - they won't be as bad.

 

[Tuckins1]

Actually, I was able to fix the issue with my windshield wipers without having to leave, so I don't have to go anywhere! Yay! Poor DH had to go to class. It took him 30 minutes to chisel the ice off his car!

 

[davi_el_mejor]

Is it weird I'm super jealous of you guys?

In CT, we had rain for the last two days, and today, the sun is peeking out! It's cold, low 20's but to me that's not too horribly cold, the wind isn't kicking up, if it were windy, it would be COLD.

I miss living in Buffalo. Bet not a lot of people say that!

 

[Tuckins1]

Is it weird I'm super jealous of you guys?

In CT, we had rain for the last two days, and today, the sun is peeking out! It's cold, low 20's but to me that's not too horribly cold, the wind isn't kicking up, if it were windy, it would be COLD.

I miss living in Buffalo. Bet not a lot of people say that!

Hah! My stepdad grew up in Buffalo and he loved it there- snow and all! I wouldn't feel too jealous of us right now. It's about -10 with the windchill right now.... Everything is covered in ice. Can't really even enjoy my day off because I can't leave the house!!

 

[artdecogirl]

I'm with you Davi, I love winter!!!! I really love it right now, We had awesome snow this weekend and are expecting more this wed and thursday, it was beautiful.

 

[radiantquest]

I live about a mile above the mason dixon line and it is COLD. Terrible cold. This is the kind of weather where I wish it would snow tons. If it is going to be this cold we might as well have snow and ice so we dont have to go out.

This is the kind of cold that just makes me angry. It is ignorant for it to be this cold and windy. Its just plain RUDE!!!

 

[MichelleCarmen]

Yikes, that's crazy that school would be held with so few students. What's the point? It's not like any lesson plans can be carried out.

Take care of yourself. One nice thing about snow is that it gives you an opportunity to "hybernate." lol

 

[Tuckins1]

I live about a mile above the mason dixon line and it is COLD. Terrible cold. This is the kind of weather where I wish it would snow tons. If it is going to be this cold we might as well have snow and ice so we dont have to go out.

This is the kind of cold that just makes me angry. It is ignorant for it to be this cold and windy. Its just plain RUDE!!!

Agreed! We have a few inches of snow, but it all got compacted down into ice. No fun, fluffy snow to play in, and the landscape just looks-cold. Not like a winter wonderland. I love the snow, but hate the REALLY FRIGID temps! My mom's dog couldn't even go out to poop because his little paws would freeze right to the ground!! (Mini-dachshund.)