A Better Day

What a difference a day makes.  Yesterday the snow started to fly about 3 in the afternoon.  It was one of those lake effects and the snow was coming down like hell.  It looked like an angry child had shaken the hell out of a snow globe.  I had my car cleared off and pulled out of the parking lot at 4:45.  At 5:00 I still had not made it to the entrance to the highway, generally a 5 minute stint.  Traffic was at a crawl and the streets were like glass.  The snow was still falling and as the cars passed over what had fallen on the road it just packed it down and made everything into an ice rink.  I was creeping along with my foot on the brake more then the gas.  I tried to move over to the left lane so I could take a side street home.  Not one person was going to let me over.  I stayed with the flow of traffic, what flow there was anyway, but no such luck in getting over.  At each intersection cars would pull forward blocking traffic from the other direction as the signal changed, causing even further delays.  It's against the law to block the intersection but it didn't seem to matter to these folks.  On more then one occasion someone from way back in the line would pull out and speed down the shoulder of the road only to pull into the intersection in front of those that followed the rules.  GRRRR  At 6:00 I still had not even gotten on the ramp.  I was tired of fighting the roads and the ass holes who didn't care.  After sitting at the light waiting for the cars on the ramp to move the guy next to me was sitting there talking on the phone.  Another rule broken in the state of NY.  I rolled down my window, beeped to get his attention and signaled to him, making the left right in front of him.  Over an hour for a 5 minute stint!!!  As I drove the side street the snow had stopped but the road was glazed over and the break lights reflected off the road enough to light the way.  We didn't need headlights with the glow you got.  You could hear the spinning of tires on every incline and horns honking as cars road on the shoulder still.  Where in the hell did they think they were going?  Oh, yeah, they'd clog up the road more as they got maybe 3 car lengths and then would have to merge.  After a few times I became a bitch.  I had to wait, so did they.  I inched ever so close tothe car in front of me.  It wasn't like I was moving anyway, but I was not going to let one more ass in.  At 7:10 I walked in my front door.  Frazzled, tired, crabby, and with a pounding head.  Oh the joy of winter!!!  It snowed a bit later in the evening and all in all we ended up with about 8 inches.  Hopefully folks remembered their driving skills now and the next snowfall won't produce this nonsense!

 

Today the roads were pretty clear and traffic moved nicely.  Good thing!  Not sure I could take another day like that.  Work was a breeze as I worked on some graphics for the holiday card and scooted out and was home in 15 minutes.  Ahhhh  Life was good!  My boys came back and won their game tonight 4-1.  Danny's eye was black and blue but he must have felt great as he scored 3 of the goals.  Still doesn't make it right.  I was also misinformed in my earlier post.  Gaustad did not get that fine, but rather they added $1000.00 to Ovechkin.  Oh the pain in his wallet.. or would that be ass??!!  Just to clarify I was angry when I saw it, but I had hoped the league would discipline accordingly.  NOT!  That is what had me pissed off today, not seeing the replay.  Love the game and that will never change, but it doesn't mean I have to like it all. 

 

Well, I'm off to bed leaving you with a few snags.  Enjoy!  Hope everyone is warm, safe, and happy.

 

Hugs

~d