-18 last night! No, that is not a typo. And it is already 2 degrees (at 9:00 p.m.) with another night of negative temperatures expected. Despite two feet of snow & cold temperatures, the mini-van & I braved the elements & made it to work by 11:00 this morning (no way we could have made it in the car, just too deep). Patrick dug out the driveway & thanks to my neighbor's Jeep that created some ruts in the road, I was able to coast to the interstate which by the way was NOT clear as was reported on the morning news. I inched along at 30 mph for the 30 mile treck to work. I really could not afford another missed day as I missed several last week. Here are some pics I took on my phone.
Our neighbor's car...don't think they are going anywhere.
Standing in our driveway looking south.
Our recycling bin is buried. We haven't had trash pickup in 2 weeks! Not a good thing with twins in diapers!
Looking at our house & driveway. You can barely see our mailbox.
Another view of our front yard.
Patrick's car...it would definitely bottom out right now.
Front view of Patrick's car.
Pile of snow outside of work.
A view of the side street at the nursing home. This is where I normally park but decided not to today. Instead I parked illegally in 2 hour parking & walked 5 blocks so that I was sure I could get out.
Front of the nursing home. The parking signs are barely visible.
Another view of the front.
The patio at work.
City crews finally arriving to clear our street at work! The nurses who stayed overnight through the storm were stuck because they couldn't get their cars out of the parallel/street parking.
Yeah the plows have arrived.
As hard as it was to make it to work, I am thankful for the hard work the state highway & local transportation departments have done. The streets are actually in better condition than they were last week (because of the layer of ice underneath).
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