Snow day!!!!

My day of fun in the snow (notice the absence of my nice blue columbia coat that is meant for the snow, I didn't think I'd need it in North Carolina so I left it at home)

I never thought I'd be able to say that I had a snow day when in North Carolina, but I was wrong! Yesterday they predicted 2-4in. and you would've thought the world was ending if you were around here. My roommates said to not even attempt going to walmart because I wouldn't be able to find a parking space and all the bread, milk, and water etc. would be all sold out, plus around 6:00p.m. the school closings started rolling in and it hadn't even started snowing yet, and from what my roommates say, there are many times where the forecasters predict 2-4in and it ends up being just a dusting. So, needless to say I didn't expect it to be anything huge, I mean I'm from MI for goodness sakes I'm used to have 2-4in and driving and doing normal activities, it takes at least 6in for things to begin shutting down and even then only a few things are closed. Well, when I woke up this morning I got ready like normal thinking, "the roads can't be that bad" but after turning on the TV I discovered that North Carolina people have no idea how to drive in snow, and they have about 1/3 of the plow trucks we have in MI and at that point it was still snowing so they were struggling to keep the main roads cleared and accidents were occurring on the main roads, so I knew that the roads I take to work were not plowed and there was a good chance I would get in accident or my car would get stuck. So, I called my supervisor and he actually said he was going to call and tell me to stay home and have a snow day/work from home because he said that even though I'm used to the snow, North Carolina people obviously are not and he was worried about my safety, and everything was closed basically so it would be slow. All that said, I had a snow day!!!! Kelli, Brandi, and I played in the snow (they were like little kids with the little snow that was on the ground) and we tried to make a snowman but the snow wasn't packing snow, so that didn't go very well. We also had little kids over for a lot of the day (Kelli's nieces) so that was a lot of fun, they definitely kept me going. In between all the fun I did work by doing some research for my supervisor on the internet and reading up on a few techniques he'd like me to learn regarding interviewing clients and therapies, so the day wasn't a total snow day, but it was fun nonetheless.

I'm just glad it isn't sub zero temperatures around here, I don't think I could take that, I applaud all you Illinois people who braved it for quite a while this past week :-)