Banned from Driving
They were really hyping the storm.
Blizzard!
25 below!!
I woke up early, as usual, and looked out the window.
Not much!!
The wind was blowing and it looked cold, but there wasn’t a ton of snow. Maybe they’d got it wrong. It happens.
I put the television on and they were talking about how bad the conditions were...
...downtown and north of the city.
Kathy leaves the house before 4:30. She was gone. I texted her:
“Did you make it?”
Took her while to answer.
“Wasn’t too bad.”
Before I was even out of bed the newscasters were saying:
“STAY HOME!”
Here’s the thing:
I hate driving in the snow. I’m lousy at it. I go way too slow, and I can’t see. Everyone else is a maniac.
I didn’t have to be told twice.
By mid-morning we were getting snow and the wind was really whipping.
A whole bunch of towns were declared to be in a state of emergency and driving was actually banned.
There’s always plenty to do.
I was on the computer all day. Took a few calls. One guy even requested that I ‘swing by’ one of the sites.
“Have you looked out the window?”/
Kathy called at the end of the shift.
“Are you going to try it?”
“Oh yeah.”
When she got home she summed it up in 2 words.
“Wasn’t bad.”
As a dialysis nurse she wasn’t exposed to the ban. Her job is essential.
“Last thing I would’ve wanted to do was drive,” I said.
“‘Cause you’re a wimp.”
So be it.
About 12 more hours of this garbage.
Blizzard!
25 below!!
I woke up early, as usual, and looked out the window.
Not much!!
The wind was blowing and it looked cold, but there wasn’t a ton of snow. Maybe they’d got it wrong. It happens.
I put the television on and they were talking about how bad the conditions were...
...downtown and north of the city.
Kathy leaves the house before 4:30. She was gone. I texted her:
“Did you make it?”
Took her while to answer.
“Wasn’t too bad.”
Before I was even out of bed the newscasters were saying:
“STAY HOME!”
Here’s the thing:
I hate driving in the snow. I’m lousy at it. I go way too slow, and I can’t see. Everyone else is a maniac.
I didn’t have to be told twice.
By mid-morning we were getting snow and the wind was really whipping.
A whole bunch of towns were declared to be in a state of emergency and driving was actually banned.
There’s always plenty to do.
I was on the computer all day. Took a few calls. One guy even requested that I ‘swing by’ one of the sites.
“Have you looked out the window?”/
Kathy called at the end of the shift.
“Are you going to try it?”
“Oh yeah.”
When she got home she summed it up in 2 words.
“Wasn’t bad.”
As a dialysis nurse she wasn’t exposed to the ban. Her job is essential.
“Last thing I would’ve wanted to do was drive,” I said.
“‘Cause you’re a wimp.”
So be it.
About 12 more hours of this garbage.
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