Snow day

This is how my day began.



Not my bus, but it greeted me when I arrived, early, to my bus stop at 8 a.m. The commute went downhill from there, literally. The next bus that came more than 30 minutes later also lacked chains. Oregonlive documented the mess. So, with my boss' blessing, I worked from home, avoiding a potential fender bender or unchained, out-of-control ride getting a chance to bust out in the snow with Claire late in the afternoon. Sarah's night assignment got cancelled as well.



We made a mini-snow man and sloshed around before I had to chain up the car.

Does this girl look ready for the snow?


Actually, she wasn't. She was sick. Been sick since Friday, but this was her worst day. Runny nose. Fever. Deep cough. And, by nightfall, an earache. Enough to make you want to call the welfare case workers after seeing these pics, right? Well, actually, Claire felt well enough to reject mom's hand when Sarah tried to lead her inside. She wanted to stay out.




Today's 3 inches of snow were the most we've seen in 10 years here, and it's sticking around longer than usual, too. Temperatures stayed below freezing today. We're braced for an icy commute in the morning. The streets are eerily bright and quiet now. No playing hookie tomorrow, though. The juncos will have to feed themselves....