Posted by:
Nightingale
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Date: December 07, 2016 05:53PM
It's embarrassing to be "snowed in" with only 1/4" of snow actually on the road. It fell on Sunday, I think it was. However, in my defence, it's very icy, even though the sun is shining. The weather forecasters scare us with dire warnings so I'm very nervous about going out and about in it. You also have to look out for crazies without snow tires. It's so funny to hear the forecast from back east (on our central-Canada-centric national TV news) where finally they're covering the west, only because we haven't had snow in Metro Vancouver for over three years, and they announce "many people in Vancouver don't have snow tires". I'm not sure if that makes us sound careless/stupid/unprepared or really very fortunate (to have much milder weather than The Rest of Canada).
November was dark and dreary with 28 days of bucketing noisy sloshy rain and December started out the same way for a few days, now snow, with more to come tonight.
I thought I could duck out and do some essential shopping today, not even for Chrismas yet but needing provisions ahead of the next anticipated snowfall, starting tonight. But my car wouldn't start. I really really hope it's just a bit cold. Why else would it die on me without warning right when the snow flies?
To get this a little bit on topic, or maybe more interesting than my Snow Dilemma, is snowfall an acceptable excuse for one to stay home from the Mormon Church meetings and "service" requirements? Do they make missionaries trek in the snow no matter what? Or could they get an unexpected day off? (Boring though, no TV and nothing to read except BoM et al).
As I gaze out my window, I wonder how it could be so sunshiny out yet treacherously icy underfoot. That could actually be a great analogy to use in warning potential converts off Mormonism. Haha.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/07/2016 05:55PM by Nightingale.