Snowed in  

OY! Had to call off work because we are snowed in.
Thank goodness we are stocked for a few days. When this happened last March, not only were we in for a day, when the plows finally did come, they ended up having to call in a backhoe (no joke) to dig us out from the drifting.

Our little rural neighborhood can be described as the nucleus of a triangle of fields. Our little nucleus is also the low level of the area. Drifting can get a bit ridiculous. So far, I have not seen one plow (or a backhoe).

Fortunately, I got off work early last night by nearly 4 hours. The interstate and highways were fine, wet but fine. These backroads to home had us down to 15-20 mph, and there were times where we briefly lost traction. Our son was by here last night too, about 2 hours after we got home from our trek down the icy backroads, and it was only getting worse, he said. About another hour and a half later, the sleet started. I was too wiped out to stay up (can you believe I hit the sheets before midnight?!), but the hubs said we actually had thunder and lightning going on when the snow finally hit.

So, my shift starts in 8 minutes and I've already called off. Do you really think people love Cracker Barrel food so much that they would risk their lives for their regular Sunday breakfast out?