Phew!

So much snow! Really, really snowed last night and today, and there's no sign of it stopping til morning. Woo hoo!

And also not woo hoo, since I had to drive Bear to work. Grumble. His company never ever tells workers to stay home, despite the fact that it's a logistics company and everything comes and goes by truck. I wouldn't think that there would be too much to do on a night like this but he even went in early. Of course, since he doesn't have a license, that means I had to drive.

Not as bad as I'd thought it was going to be since everything is snowy but dry. Dry is good. Sloppy, icy, slushy is bad. I was a little stressed by seeing some ice peeking through the snow in a few places but my little car and I did just fine. We slipped a bit because I had to brake at the railway crossing. No biggie. I had left myself plenty of room before the crossing so I had no problem getting it back under control. Slid a bit going around a corner, too-I was expecting it and knew the tires would grip again right away and they did.

The worst moments involved morons on snowmobiles, not only suddenly zooming across the road from the trails but also driving straight up the road where they aren't supposed to be and startling other drivers. Startled drivers become out of control drivers in this weather. Morons. Even worse were the pair on a quad and a tri wheeler driving down one of the main streets in town. Sheesh! Just because it's snowing doesn't mean the laws no longer apply.

And one last scary moment when someone coming out of a side street took it way too fast and spun out in front of me. He went way over to the other side of the road though, and then got it back under control, all well away from me. When he first started spinning he was headed straight at me; not a nice sight! I was trying to judge which way he was headed so I could get out of the way and then away he went. I imagine it shook him up a bit.

Here's a way you can tell how I feel about driving in this weather. I mentally assessed the roads and made my choice not only based on how bad they were likely to be (shitty, both of them!) but on how deep the ditches are. :D Just in case. I took the road with the smaller and fewer ditches.

Hope for the best but prepare for the worst. :)