Snow Day!

Today is my first snow day. It snowed all the time when I was living in Utah and in Washington State, so nobody made a big deal out of it. Evidently, we don't often get even one snowfall a year in North Carolina. All the schools in the surrounding counties have been closed for the day. AJ called me on his way to work to warn me about driving and advised me to wait a few hours before going in. Accidents all over the place. One happened right in front of him as he was on the phone with me! You see, generally I don't like to judge drivers by their states. I've always felt that there's a driving culture everywhere you go, and if you're not adhering to the culture, maybe you're the bad driver. Californians are great for dealing with high traffic for example. Utahns tend to maintain a discrete-normal distribution across lanes of highway, where everyone stays in the middle lane unless there's a reason to be elsewhere. North Carolinians, it would seem, like to slam on brakes and cut people off, and generally not anticipate while on the road. That's been my observation after a few months here, anyway. Not everyone, but enough that I don't really enjoy driving here. Of course, I'm also pregnant and overly sensitive, so take that with a grain of salt.

So when AJ called, I said, okay, and went back to bed, which is what I wanted to do anyway. (It's what I want pretty much every day.) Then I got up, thinking, wow, I'm chilly! So I cranked up the heater, loaded on the layers and drank some delicious peppermint ho-cho. Of course, then I got too hot, shedded the layers, shut off the heat and lounged for a little bit on my comfy & fantastic sofa.

The roads are probably fine by now (it's noon), but gosh, what if they aren't?! Maybe I'll just stay home today, you know, for safety's sake. :)