Thursday, December 24, 2009

End of Fall Snowstorm

Here in VA Fall left with a bang and the reality of winter hit hard. Forest (where I live) received 16 wonderful inches of snow! It was cold, it was beautiful and it was fun! The snow also created quite a mess! I love snow. The snow creates such a glorious winter wonderland. I could go and on about how snow is allegorical to life, but I'll spare y'all the story!

The snowstorm began on Friday afternoon. I was out Christmas shopping with a dear friend. We were in Barnes and Noble when the flurries began. 3 of my favorite things: a good friend, books to peruse and snow! What a great start to the weekend. My friend and I finished up our shopping and went to her condo where we played in the snow, took pictures and enjoyed the weather. When we were both cold we headed inside for dinner. Her boyfriend came over and the three of us made yummy cookies before I headed home to get all snug and cozy in my apartment.

I had a terrible time sleeping Friday night. I was too enthralled with the snow, I didn't want to waste a moment by sleeping! Queenie and I spent a lot of time curled up together watching the snow hurry and scurry to the ground. Saturday I spent the day with my neighbor (and good friend) enjoying the storm and the friendship. Saturday evening our landlords came over and we shoveled the drive-way.

Most of the town shut down over the weekend, due to the massive amounts of snow (massive is a relative term I know!). My church was still open Sunday morning, and the choir director requested that if it was possible, could we sojourn out for the 11am service.

Being that I am from the land of cold, snowy winters, I ventured out. Normally it takes around 15 minutes to get to church. I left with more than enough time. On the way I stopped to pick up a good friend. It was there that I made a rookie mistake, of which I hate to admit. I got...STUCK...yep... I got my car stuck on a hill I KNEW not to attempt. Luckily God provided some nice people to help, and we were able to make it to church 1 HOUR after I left my house, but in time for choir and the service. It was a good service.

M and I spent the afternoon at the mall (yep I went to the mall the Sunday before Christmas) and that was fun. I saw a GORGEOUS ring & necklace set at Zales. Boy was it beautiful! After the mall we still were not quite ready to head home, so we went to Barnes and Noble and had some Starbucks and browsed. Then I dropped M off at his place and continued on my merry way to my apt.

The roads were snow covered and icy, but not actually all that bad, till I made it less than a block from home. I could practically see my apartment...there was a guy in a truck with a blade clearing some apartment parking lots. He shoved a big pile of snow in the road. On the far side of the road is a ditch, but NO he couldn't take the extra 4 seconds to shove the snow in the ditch! The car in front of me got stuck, I got stuck and two other cars got stuck, all before he figured out what the problem was! We helped each other and that was that. But boy was it irritating to get stuck TWICE!!!! And I call myself a Wyoming gal! ARGH!!!

All in all it was a GREAT weekend full of time of with friends and SNOW, SNOW, SNOW. I hope that this is a sign of the winter ahead, I can use all the snow I can get.

But the story of the storm doesn't end there. Due to melting and weather conditions there have been power outages since the storm started. My neighborhood was out of power for HOURS this afternoon. Luckily, now I have electricity, so I am going to snuggle under my covers, turn on a Christmas movie and prepare for the holidays that have begun, and enjoy what is left of our white pre-Christmas.

Happy Birthday Jesus and Merry Christmas to all!!!

-ME-

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