White Christmas?

It sounds lovely in song, and is certainly what I grew up with as a Minnesotan, but right now, I am so over the snow-thing.

We got our first snow over night last Thursday morning. I walked in to work with the snow coming down. It was lovely. Friday the roads and sidewalks were icy so I stayed home with the work I'd brought home. Saturday I got out in the car for the first time but then there was more snow that night (c. 5"), making the roads treacherous and just hard to get out of the accumulated drifts. Sunday I stayed off the roads but made a trip Monday, sliding more than I would have liked. My work has been closed all week (!) due to the snow.

It is snowing outside right now. It is supposed to warm up in the next few hours, with the snow turning to rain. That's when I'll make my break for my holiday destination. More snow is expected overnight, but then it will warm up and not go below freezing (this weekend, if not Friday).

I am missing plowed, sanded roads like crazy. I am also going to shop for some chains for my car. It's only about every 10 years or so we need them in the city, but they are good to have for going up into the mountains so...

Don't know now what color Christmas in the Seattle area will be, I'm just hoping no black and blue is involved.

Brrrr

It snowed in Seattle last night. Lots of little flakes, with occasional bursts of big, fluffy flakes. Then, it got colder. The slush froze, the snow stayed. Today, it is colder than either St. Paul, Minnesota, my home town, or Boston, Massachusetts, where I lived before Seattle. That is usually not the case, at least in the winter.

If I had more energy, I'd go over the zoo and see how the animals are coping. Are the Chilean flamingos out, for example? I think they had heat lamps and they are used to Andes weather. But probably most of the creatures are curled up in their homes, which is likely all I'll manage to do for the rest of the day.