A Good Day to Be Retired!

Got up to about an inch of snow on the ground this morning. I immediately noticed that my neighbor had blown a path around my car and to the school bus stop. Don't know when he did that. He had to have been mere inches away from my bedroom window, but I never heard the blower! Weathermen weren't predicting much, so I think the DOT people were lulled into thinking everything would be fine. Apparently the morning commute was a bit of a nightmare with the snow freezing to the roadways, making them quite hazardous. Streets weren't pre-treated. Very few schools did any delays. Facebook this morning was littered with messages from my previous students indicating that buses couldn't get up the icy hills to their houses, etc. One young lady indicated that she was still stuck on a school bus, somewhere, "same as I've been for the last hour". Hmmm... Glad I didn't have to be up and out in it! One person was killed on Indy roads due to conditions. This was our first snowfall of the season. People forget how to drive on ice...and it doesn't help that the snow came down just before the rush. Time to wake up, everyone! It is winter in Indiana! Today's snow is gone...but stay tuned. More to come.



Heh heh...someone from J.C. Penney's called here yesterday for my daughter. (Meg gets her hair done there. They normally call just before an appointment.) I told the caller that Megan doesn't live here anymore and was about to offer her Megan's new phone number, but the woman was in such a hurry to get off the phone that I couldn't get a word in. "So sorry to have troubled you! " My best guess is that SOMEBODY forgot she was told by SOMEONE not to call here. Like it matters?? Silly...

Today is my sister's birthday. I won't say how old she is, but she was born on THE Pearl Harbor Day. She has been a treasure to me, through the years. We both have our challenges, but we are both Covill/Armstrong women, and there is an acceptance of what we went through as children (the Navy years) that helps us both understand where/who we are now, in a way that no one else gets. I love you, Shari! May you have many happy returns of the day!

Getting the rest of my week organized in my brain. Brain? I have a brain???? Cool!!