Let it Snow... Ice Over... and ugh House Arrest!!

Winter Wonderland eh? Yeah that's what I keep hearing. Typically I would enjoy the snow... well like I like it on the mountains for skiing or whatevs. I also looooooved snow days back when I was in school still (ah that ages me) but it can be a bit of a pain when trying to get from place to place... ya dig?! I guess as a student teacher I still got the day off, but anyway.

Our house... ohhh snow...

So a friend of mine from down in Corvallis went home to California for the weekend and since I clearly have nothing else to do with all of my time off (1 month... yeah I know!) I told him that I would be willing to take him to and from the airport if he drove his car to Salem and just parked it in front of my house. He was of course all about it because he didn't have to pay for parking, just give me gas money honey. So when I dropped him at PDX I got there painlessly in an hour with my speed devil speeds obv. Well his plane flew back to Portland this morning at 820 am. Keep in mind that the news was saying to avoid driving at ALL costs because of frozen roads and all that danger. I've NEVER driven in the snow before... but I knew that I had to pick him up this morning. So I braved the drive... ohhh man... stories...

Well coming down from my hill I officially slid into the intersection on a red light. Bad, bad start. I quickly learned not to brake fast! Driving down the road at a solid 20 mph and 35 of I-5 I was set to a nice 2.5 hour drive to PDX. On the way there I kept getting hit with snow falling off of trucks so it was getting all over my windshield and I could only wipe so much because it was just frozen to my window instead. Soon I couldn't see at all... so after grabbing him we went straight to the nearest gas station to wash my windows... well their pipes had frozen so the man gave me some windex and some words of wisdom and off out to the freezing cold we were cleaning the window... worked too!!

I hope everyone enjoys my non showered look. Clearly not dressing to impress!! Haha!

So continued home... saw a half dozen flipped cars, about a dozen cars that went into ditches, stopped traffic, ohhh and a BICYCLIST!!!... folks don't drive!!! It is nuts... gosh I'm such an Oregonian.


Got home to find my sister and mom getting ready to walk to Starbucks... job ahead of us!! Picture with them and then getting HIS car ready to drive back to Corvallis. He, also, has never driven in the snow. I gave him the same pep talk that my dad gave me: "4 car lengths, not 2...don't brake hard... don't get road rage... etc."

Some of the days pictures:

Mom, sis and I


Attempting to clean his car off with our dust pan



Goodbye photo... saying drive safe and telling him that he owes me big time!!! I accept cash, credit, travelers checks, personal checks and IOUs...

Unfortunately my day was not exactly SUPER FUN as far as playing in the snow, but rather trying to stay safe. So, looks like now I will go and work on peoples Christmas presents and wait for my friends to get off work!! Maybe make a snow angel?? I don't know. Happy, Happy day friends :)