January 23, 2005

• The Sky Is Falling!!!      The Sky Is Falling!!! The Sky is Falling!!!      The storm came, and went. About 8 inches of snow fell Saturday, adding to the 2 inches or so that was left of what fell Wednesday. Definitely a  manageable amount, although the way most of Maryland reacts to a snowfall in excess of 1/8 micron means that every human life is in imminent peril and every household will be locked away from air and sunlight until The Spring Thaw. I didn't know that Henny Penny wore Mud jeans, Nike sneakers or used White Cloud ...*Its So Dreaaammmmyyy*.         Marylanders are such wusses when it comes to snowfall . I keep trying to convince people that if those that live in the Northeast, and those that live in the Great Lakes region can handle getting this much snow almost weekly, well heck YA we can handle this pitiful 8 inch snowfall. They just glare at me glassy-eyed, hug their Ultrahugemegapack of toilet paper tighter and continue their dire predictions as to the fate of "life as we know it should The Big One hit".        Yeah. Ok. Whateva. *rolling eyes*          Yesterday we headed out in what turned out to be the thick of the storm *not that we realized that BEFORE we were a mile away from the house* to take Brenna to spend the night at a friend's house. Oy the roads! The snow was falling so heavily that the plows couldn't keep up with it, the roads were 5+ inches of slippery, slushy gack that continually kicked gerb onto the windshield which almost immediately froze into ya-can't-see-through-the-windshield-worth-crap-to-drive-gerb/gack. If there is need to freak out about something,all to continue the long standing tradition of stupiddumnMarylanddriversthatcantdrive  THAT would be the thing. The very real possibility of becoming part of a SUV-Oldsmobile-18 Wheeler goo sandwich is a wee bit daunting.    Thankfully we can say we skipped that addition to our diets.           Today the winds have been blowing and moaning  so much as to look to be snowing once more. Wind gusts reaching hurricane force  have made the streets *and our 150 foot long driveway* a messy, slippery obstacle course . Every time I walk past a window in the front of the house I get to see the yahoos that live at the end of the block speed down the hill and fishtail  madly as they  "take" the corner. I have  a vision in my mind of one of those obviously highly intelligent and oh-so-careful * insert extreme sarcasm here XXXX * truck and SUV drivin' good ole boys to roll, swing or flip, taking out our white birch *noooo she's just a baby, pleeeez*  or one of the 6  red leaf Japanese maples we planted and have been nurturing the past four years.        Ah..ya gotta love that there  redneck ...or 20...30...48.       I have lost count of the squealing wheels. I just hope I don't  awaken one night to a "YEEEE HAWWWWWWW"  followed by ^crash,slam, snap hissssssssss^.     There are many that fall out of the  stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down.                                                                                                  Til later...                                                                                                                  ~Kathie

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