We have ice storms all the time - usually one or two a year. A layer of ice and within two days we're all back on the golf course as though it didn't happen. Not this time. We are now in Day 6, or maybe Day 7 of what KRLD radio is referring to as, not an ice storm but an ice event. (I really think the word "event" should be used in conjunction with sales and sports. But that's just me.)
It started last Thursday. I knew it was coming so I went to the grocery store to get the required bread and milk and enough stuff to get us through a few days. Little did I know...
We ended up cancelling Mark's Friday appointments and just stayed in and watched it come down. All day. All night. We usually go out for dinner on Friday nights. Not that night. We stayed in and were grateful we didn't have to be out in it. Then on Saturday we slept in. Slept in until almost noon. It's good to do that from time to time.
By Sunday we were getting a bit stir crazy. We wanted to go out, but the driveway and each vehicle was covered in a good 4-inch layer of solid ice. (That was pretty much the condition of everything outside.) So we put on our woolies and our hiking boots and we walked to church. (Mark even put on his Santa hat.) I felt a bit like a pioneer. The road was slick and we had to get off the road every time we encountered a car. (The sidewalk was not even visible under the ice at this point. - Street was the only option.) There weren't many people there, including the wonderful musician who plays piano and keyboard. So we sang a capella - mostly Christmas carols. But it was cozy and we felt better for having been there. But the walk (about three blocks) made us realize that driving out for an afternoon movie was a bad idea.
Monday was another day of staying in. Once again, we cancelled Mark's appointments. I did venture out to the grocery store to get stuff to put in my crock pot. (Good thing I didn't want bread - they were pretty much out of that.) It seemed a bit better, but you still didn't want to go very far because everything was still frozen. Tuesday saw the weather get above freezing - in the middle of the afternoon. We ventured out to the mall and did a bit of Christmas shopping but felt the need to be back home before the sun went down and the temperatures dropped back down into the 20s.
I had a doctor's appointment today. The drive was okay, although there's still a bit of slush and ice on overpasses and bridges. Again, very important to get home before it refreezes. It's going to dip down into the 20s again tonight but at least the high got up to 38 or 40 today, which is enough to melt some of it.
We're still waiting for it to fall off our roof. We've moved the cars back so that they're not damaged when those big sheets come sliding off. I'm hoping it will just melt away with no drama - like the 4-inch ice cover we had on the hot tub.
In truth, I don't care how it goes, as long as it just goes. This ice was never welcome in the first place and it has seriously overstayed any welcome it might have had. I want my life back!
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