you aint' never seen winter until you've seen Chicago winter!

Yesterday, there was a report on th news about some city in north carolina getting one inch of snow and drivers sliding all around and passersby remarking about how awful and frightening the weather was. pssshhhhttt!

When I woke up this morning, i discovered that the storm that started last night hadn't stopped and had dumped over a foot of snow on the ground. It's almost one o'clock now, and it is still snowing heavily, blowing and drifting into massive piles, and I can't see across the street from my kitchen window. I just came back from the grocery - i should've stayed in, but i was out of smokes - and I am soaked, not only from snow, but from sweat from trying to climb over huge piles of snow. It is up to mid-thigh! I have never seen a winter like this before. OMG! and the wind! the snow is blowing so fiercely that you have to stop and turn your back to it because the snow blinds you and you can't breathe or walk. It is probably just short of "blizzardous" (don't think that'a a word, but oh well). bought a movie and lots of cheesy magazines to read while we wait this out. Michael, unfortunately, had to go to work this morning, and he has to work tomorrow as well. yikes! if it is too bad tonight, he will have to stay in a hotel - it's that bad outside! Please, please, Mother Nature - I beg you - please make this go away :-(