Snow day!

In case you haven't heard we've had a bit of a blizzard over the past couple of days.

For people in some areas it would barely be newsworthy, but this is the Deep South--we barely get an inch of snow a year. So, getting about two-and-a-half inches in a few hours is an event.

Our office closed yesterday afternoon and I thought I could drive home--nope. I finally gave up and parked the truck in a parking lot and walked the rest of the way. Fortunately, it's only a mile or so. I used to walk a lot further than that all the time. There are those who had to walk a lot farther. Some of my co-workers in our other office couldn't leave at all and wound up spending the night at work.

In other words, this is a snowpacolypse.

The temperatures not rising above freezing today isn't helping. Even though the snow has long since stopped, it'll melt a little then refreeze. The resulting sludge is not conducive to walking, driving, or anything.

Of course, the disruption to my schedule, even though it's sort of an extra vacation day for me, makes it really hard to focus. I've done some writing--and it wasn't bad if I do say so--but it's kind of hard to concentrate..

I did get everything I needed to file my income taxes yesterday so I went ahead and did that today. So it's not a total loss.

So, if you live in my area (Georgia, USA), you do not want to go out and go anywhere unless you absolutely have to. Really. Alabama, too.

I'm sure my Scandinavian, Canadian, and Northern US friends are having a hearty belly-laugh at our expense. If you find out plight amusing, just you wait until summer gets here . . .