Let It Snow!!

They've been predicting snow on and off for weeks, but when I looked at the weather forecast last night, it seemed actually probable that I would wake up this morning to a winter wonderland.  I was also excited that I might be able to experience my very first snow day and not have to go into work.  So, when my alarm went off at 4:30, I jumped out of bed and went to the window and saw.. nothing.  I was so sad that I went back to bed until 6:00 just to see if it might appear before then.  6:00 came, but still no snow.

So.. since it didn't appear that I was going to get a snow day.. I decided to get up and head into work.  I left the house just after 7:00 and I hadn't driven 2 miles before it started to snow.  By the time I was about 4 miles from the house, it was coming down pretty good and stuff was starting to stick -- even on the roads.  I drove slowly and finally made it to work at 8:00 (it's normally a 20 min drive).  Once I was at work, it really started coming down.  By 10:00 our parking lot was about an inch deep in snow and at 11:00 it looked like I was going to have to dig my car out to get out.  So.. after much debate (and sending my entire team home since they live elsewhere and the roads out of the Antelope Valley were closing right and left).. I decided to just come home before the roads got any worse.

So.. I got home about noon, opened the drapes on my big window in the family room, and watched the snow continue to fall.  It's been falling non-stop since this morning and is supposed to continue into the night.  While I can't say I'm much of a fan of driving in it (Chad, his mom and I tried to go to the movies and just being in the car as it was sliding around was enough to give me a heart attack), it is beautiful.  Just standing on our front porch watching it come down made us feel like we lived somewhere other than a desert -- somewhere that actually has four seasons!! :-)