On Tuesday, I went into a meeting a little late and one of the attorneys were talking about whether the Company was going to post "it" on the Message Board. He looked pretty concerned while he was trying to contact someone on the other side of the phone line. I tried to eavesdrop in his phone conversation to find out what the "it" was about but then the meeting got underway, so I couldn't pay attention. I didn't ask anyone what the "it" was because, afterall, I was late to the "party".
After the meeting, I opened my email and immediately saw a "Warning". I opened it and scanned the announcement about the upcoming Blizzard in Salt Lake City. At first I thought it was a joke but then realized everyone was talking about The Blizzard. Advisories were announced to stock up on dry foods, candles, and flashlights.
Later in the day, I started to feel a little bit of a panic attack. I've never had one before so I'm not even sure that's what it was. But when my mind started to wander about the possibilities if the area were, in fact, housebound due to blizzardy weather. So I began to text my family to see if they wanted to have a sleepover; to see if they were preparing; to see if they were taking this weather advisory as serious as everyone else seemed to be.
Turns out I couldn't talk anyone into sleeping over except Mom. Thanks, mommie!!!!
Shortly, employees were emailed and advised to leave the workplace by 2:00pm to avoid the blizzard driving conditions. So I left. On my way to pick up Tayshaun from school, I noticed the blue skies as I drove west. I kinda laughed to myself and thought....Really?
Well I went to the grocery store, anyways, like everyone else and picked up some food....mainly because I didn't want to have to face it the day before Thanksgiving. But I did have my reservations about buying refrigerated/frozen groceries since we supposedly could be without power during this Blizzard. But I bought it anyways...along with my slumber party snacks.
We kept watching the weather but it just didn't Blizzard. So we had our slumber party and enjoyed the nice sunny weather, the day before Thanksgiving. And I got an extra day out of the deal....I had made arrangements to stay home to avoid the transit bad weather conditions.
This snowfall was from the weekend after Thanksgiving. It didn't let up all day. By later in the afternoon and even though it was still snowing, I decided to shovel, regardless.
This snowfall was from the weekend after Thanksgiving. It didn't let up all day. By later in the afternoon and even though it was still snowing, I decided to shovel, regardless.
It's three hours later and we're dried off and bundled in blankets. And the snow is still falling. Not looking forward to tomorrow's drive to Tayshaun's school.
My poor gazebo didn't make the weight of the snowfall. Bummer :-(
