ANOTHER FIRST for me in another post blizzard (#2) adventure!

Well, we got snow smacked again!  Tuesday was another snow day for our district, the 11th since early November.  I haven't lost track of how many teaching days we have lost, but I have lost track of everything else.  All I can think of is.... this winter, our worst in a century, apparently, still has a good month to go.

When I hear parents complain about another school day cancelled, I get upset. A child's safety is the main concern of all school districts.  The storm was over, so back to school, right? Right! Everything normal, right? No!

I had heard the wind howling all night, so I got up early. I knew I would have to shovel hard, drifted and packed snow.  I did learn a few tricks since the previous blizzard (all of a week ago!), so I didn't get stuck this time. However, the minute I was on my secondary road, it was nothing but a long, white, one lane tunnel. You couldn't see a thing except white swirling all around you.  I never met anyone else, thank goodness.  What idiot would be out in such atrocious driving conditions, unless they had to be at work?

I made it to the major highway, which was a total mess. It was icy and snow packed. Coming off the on-ramp, the banks of snow are so high, you can't see what vehicles are coming until you are right in the merging lane. Three huge transports whizzed by me, as I waited to merge. Just a nightmare, which wasn't over yet.

I exited after five minutes of white knuckled driving, onto a long, looping off ramp, in order to bring my dog to doggie day care (I know, I know, - how ridiculous!). The snow banks were high, but at least there was less wind, so less drifting.  I had some visibility... which was more than the guy who was coming straight towards me did!  This man had the sun in his eyes, and was coming straight towards me on an OFF- RAMP!  I don't know how we managed NOT to have a head-collision.  Thank goodness I always keep right, even in what is supposed to be a road with no ONCOMING traffic!  He wasn't only blinded by the sun. I figure he couldn't read either, because he totally missed the two, big, red signs, on each side of the off ramp, at the end,  that tell those who get on it at the beginning,  that they are going the WRONG WAY! (By the way, in French they say "Reculez", which means "Back Up".  Notice how the French get right to the point!)

My friend Tracy from England, when she and her hubby came to visit, thought those signs were great. They don't have them in the UK, to tell people they are not on the right ramp. Well, Tracy, we may have them, but they don't always work!

I shudder to think what happened to that man, when he got off the off ramp, only to be facing highway traffic head on.  I never heard anything in the news, so I hope and pray he realized his mistake, and backed up.

I arrived at work pretty shaken up, but all in one piece, only to hear of other people's adventures of the day, ie. four car pile-ups. 

If you have young children, or grandchildren, hug your school bus driver, because he or she was out there in those horrific driving conditions, getting your little ones to school.

Happy March Break to everyone! Dollars to donuts we do not have a single, solitary snowstorm during this one week break. :)