snOMG

My smugness on being prepared for the snowpocalypse was short-lived. Chad did not make it to Atlantic City (by the time he left work, the roads were getting bad and he wisely decided not to risk it) so we spent Friday night with Janice, making a nice dinner and watching movies. We were having so much fun, the idea of being snowed in all weekend was somewhat appealing.

Until the power went out.

From about 11 p.m. Friday until Saturday evening, Chad and I were two little refugees: We dug out the Jeep and then drove to the gym (not only to work out but to shower), went to Rachel and Paul's for the afternoon, and then went to Janice's for ham and cheese soup. Two other friends were power-less refugees as well, and we all headed home when we found out the power was back on about 9 p.m.

I've got a lot of snow photos, but here's a sampling of our 25-plus inches:

Friday morning, before snowmaggedon arrived...

Starting to stick around 5 p.m.

Coming down hard and fast at 11 p.m.

Pay special attention to those two trees in the back

Time for bed and thinking that this snowpocalypse was
perhaps just a bunch of hype

...Until we woke up
9 a.m. on Saturday morning (yes, it was supposed to be daylight) -

note that there's no power at the stoplight
Nick came over to pick up Janice after his shift ended, stopping her Jeep right in the middle of the street (& it still got stuck)

Chad tries to un-dig us so we can seek some warmth
Lucy thinks she has hit pay-dirt

On the plus side, the sun is shining brightly this morning, proof that this, too, shall pass. I just hope that some of this melts before our next snow arrives on Tuesday.


Remember those two pine trees that used to be behind our fence?

Chad is our neighborhood Samaritan, shoveling three sets of sidewalks, one extra driveway, and helping a woman when she got stuck.

Though we'll probably wait until tomorrow to dig out Chad's car...