If you're from the south (like me) when the weather says it's supposed to "snow", you usually only expect a dusting of snow or just laugh it off because.. let's be real.. it never snows. I grew up in southeast Alabama and we only got "snow" about once every four years and it was never nice, fluffy, dry snow. Instead it was more of a wet and gross slush. I can count all the times I've ever seen snow on one hand. So when the weather said it was supposed to snow yesterday, I brushed it off like it was nothing. About 5 hours into my shift at work, it starts lightly snowing. Again, I didn't think much until I looked out the door about an hour later. I don't think I had ever seen that much snow in my entire life! And it was only getting worse. I had to leave work a little early so I wouldn't be stranded. It took me 2 HOURS to get home and it normally only takes me 15-20 minutes. Traffic was awful. There were so many wrecks! And I don't think I ever reached over 15 mph on the drive, it was bumper to bumper traffic the entire way home.
This morning when I woke up, there were still a few inches of snow on the ground, but I was scheduled to work. I was a little nervous to drive, but I decided to at least give it a try. I left an hour early because I figured it would take me at least that long. So I started my trek to work. It wasn't too bad at first but as soon as I started going up a little hill, my car was not having it. Note: they put dirt on the roads to make it easier to drive, but since we had freezing rain just a few hours before, it became more of a snow/mud mixture. I was getting stuck on hills, swerving in the snow/mud mixture.. I was freaking out to say the least. But I kept driving. It wasn't until I got completely stuck on another hill (where I could hardly move) that I gave up trying to go to work. It took me what seemed like forever to get over that hill. I had to back up, then drive, and then repeat that process quite a few times. I was almost in tears. When I finally got over that hill, I decided to turn around and head home. I learned that I am not equipped to ever drive in such weather.. it gives me mini panic attacks.
When I finally got back home, I got back in bed with my hubby (he is already off for our vacation that starts in 2 days for me). Later, we got up and decided to explore a little bit. We headed down to a nearby park where we took pictures, played in the snow, and made snowballs. When we were too cold to be outside, we went to Starbucks for some hot chocolate to warm us up! But we weren't done exploring yet. We headed to another park across the street for some more exploring and snow day activities. After about 3 hours, we decided to come home. We ate pizza, watched Dexter & played Call of Duty (these things make us happy). I'll probably bake some cookies in a bit, but so far, it's been the best snow day! Thank you Arkansas for giving me my first pretty & fluffy dry snow!!
