it was cute when it started about a week and a half ago - the snow, that is... then it got old really fast - about last Sunday, when we had 5 inches fall in one night (we average 3 inches of snow a year). that was about the time we tried to make it to church in my little aveo, getting stuck a block from home and having to be rescued and towed home by a friend with a 4WD.
then i figured out matt could drive in it in his stick-shift, and we've been mostly mobile - as long as i don't need to drive myself. thank the Lord for don, who has picked me up and taken me to the office - and home, and sometimes carted me on church-related errands every day this week. a more understanding and generous boss i can't imagine.we canceled our annual Christmas Eve candlelight service. i kinda can't believe it, but it was the wise choice - knowing that temperatures below freezing would make the parking lot more treacherous than the roads. still - it doesn't feel like Christmas without starting with the candle-lighting.
my grandparents canceled our annual Christmas eve dinner at their place - which we've done as long as i can remember, since my parents alternated holidays, and i figured out that i liked Christmas eve with mom and Christmas day with dad. not heading directly to the farm after church... sure, it's less rush - but sometimes i relish the busyness.so we'll have dinner with my mom tonight, and then celebrate Christmas morning in our own home - for the first time ever. we'll make breakfast and open our stockings together, then pack up and head to my dad's, where i hear the roads are wet, but clear...
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