I'd spent all day yesterday debating about whether I should try to go to work today. I didn't want to miss work, but the roads are still very slick and covered with a snow/sleet mixture. Fortunately, that decision was taken out of my hands. I called the plant call-in line last night, and they'd closed for the day. That really surprised me, as they don't usually care a whit about their employees' safety or health.
So what did I do on my unexpected day off? I sat huddled under a blanket watching TV and knitting. That's what I did.
Oh, and all that firewood I bought a couple of weeks ago? Yeah, it's all green. I can practically hear it sizzling when I put it into my stove. I've managed to coax it into burning by using my hair dryer as a bellows, but it's been tough going. I'm just glad I haven't lost electricity, or I'd be in a real fix. I'm not too worried about myself, as I've got plenty of blankets, and I still have that camp stove I could use to make hot drinks and stuff, but I'm not too sure how my snakes would fare. As long as I can keep it above freezing in the house, they'll survive. But they are all old, and it would be hard on them.
We were expecting record low temperatures -- they'd even forecast us down to 3' at one time. It didn't get down quite that cold, but this was close enough for my taste.
One of the meteorologists I follow on FB posted a map showing the snow coverage today.
Every state except Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida have at least a little snow on the ground. Even Hawaii, as Mauna Kea is snow capped today. You have to look closely at North Carolina, but they do have a couple of counties with snowfall.
As I said, I stayed inside under a blanket for most of the day, but I did venture out to throw some more birdseed out. I'm not even bothering with the feeders. I'm just scattering it on top of the snow.
And me, I had fun identifying the tracks in the snow. Most of them were birds,
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