Snowpocalypse 2010
If you are anywhere on the east coast (but apparently only south of NYC?), you are probably buried in snow. I know we are. It was a bit of a mess getting home from work last night…when I got to work at 3pm it hadn’t started snowing yet, and I kept peering out my patients’ windows to see when the snow would start. I think it started to come down around 6pm and I watched it get worse and worse with every hour! Nurses who had to work at 7am on Saturday came to the hospital Friday night to sleep since they figured it would be a mess (or impossible…) to get to work on Saturday morning. Right they were since when I woke up at nine this morning they had yet to plow my street! One of the night shift nurses (who come on at 11pm) got detoured and ended up being late…we were all worried that we would have to stay overnight if people couldn’t get in…luckily that didn’t happen!
I was super worried that I would be snowed in…while I hate my job, I would feel really bad not going. Nurses don’t get snow days!! It’s different if they tell me not to go versus me calling me and saying I’m not coming. By 10am I saw a plow go by at least four times, so I figured the roads might be not too terrible. The trick was going to be digging out my car, which I was admittedly not too excited about. I mean, that’s what boys are for! I set out to shovel away, and then I got some help from my roommate’s friend who is snowed in with us. Victory!
It’s kind of funny that I moved all the way from Chicago, expecting to avoid snow falls such as this, but oh no no no, the snow decided to bring Chicago to me! How nice of it.
Enough talk, let’s just get to the photo evidence of the disaster that occurred overnight.
View from the driveway, pre-shoveling.
I don’t own snow boots!!
Car on the side of the road…not mine, luckily!
Success!!
No BBQing tonight…
Getting to work should be fun. I’m going to leave early and go super slow…I drove between 15-20 miles per hour all the way home last night and prayed alllllll the way up the giant hill my little Honda Civic had to climb. I’m nervous about going down it….gah. It’s going to be okay. I hope.
So much for my 15 mile run I was supposed to do today…
I still haven’t ventured outside. It’s times like these that I’m glad I own a Jeep, otherwise I curse myself every time I get gas.
I am really glad I don’t live there!
another reason to move to NC – just got back from doing 12 outside! not that it’s been gorgeous here lately by any stretch, but that just looks ridiculous.
can’t wait to hang out in person soon! i hope we have some nice pseudospring weather for you!!
I was very very thankful for my CRV this morning when I dug out of the hospital parking lot & drove home. No WAY I was going to sleep over in the hospital!
Be careful getting to work.
I haaaaaaate driving in the snow! I’m mostly worried about the other drivers because the people in Michigan could care less whether there is 5 ft on the ground with white out conditions – they still go 80mph! Glad to here you’re safe!! Be careful tonight!!
Yikes! Have a safe drive to work! I cannot believe all of that snow! Only an inch or so in Chicago! I hope we don’t get hit like that