Holy Effing Snow, Batman!

That was a complete disaster! Last night, I attempted to leave work and go home. After 45 minutes of moving at about 1 mile per hour, I turned around and drove that distance in 15 minutes. I could move only North or South; East or West was totally stopped -- everyone was stuck in the biggest snarls I've ever seen. I gave up and went to my friends' house to spend the night with them. Even though the power went out (transformers were blowing as I drove and trees were dropping all over), their house is naturally quite warm, so I was comfortable. The power came on this morning at 7:57 -- how nice of them -- and I walked to work despite knowing that driving was probably going to be easier than last night. Sure enough, the roads are clear -- how nice of them -- with hardly any traffic, but walking was preferable at this point.

The Ex had to be cajoled last night into leaving her apartment (and getting dressed!) to go take care of "our" dogs. Yeah, she fussed about leaving, and it took her about 45 minutes to go a mile, maybe slightly more than a mile. Had she been thinking, she could have done the animals in the afternoon, before the storm hit. Next time, I'll make sure to prep her in case another storm hits like this. At least she made it there, which would have been impossible for me. One of my colleagues posted on FB that she had arrived home 6 hours after leaving work -- a distance of 12 miles. I would have run out of gas before getting home.

Oy.

Anyway, here at work, about to make some oatmeal and a cup of tea.