Inclimate Weather

I live in a pretty interesting place as far as weather is concerned. Summer is always predictably hot. Very hot. But winter can be very cold one day (like 19 degrees this morning) and 80 degrees another day (like a week ago when I wore shorts and a tank top to the park).

However, we don't get a lot of wintry precipitation most of the time. I would say three different storms in one winter would be considered a lot. But it seems that at least once a year, we get an ice storm that throws everything out of sync, and last night we got the one for this year. My internal clock woke me up this morning, and as I turned to look at the alarm clock, I saw it was flashing numbers at me. The power went out during the night. After forcing myself to walk into the living room to retrieve my cell phone, I discovered it was 5:20am. I went back to bed and stayed there until the heat kicked on (at 5:30am) and then off after the house was a cozy 68 degrees.

I was 'encouraged' to not take a lunch yesterday and to eat pizza provided by the company since we were dismissed at 2:00pm. We were told to check the school closings and call the company number to see if the office would open late or at all today. School is closed, and (squee!) work is closed, too. Well, my work anyway. James still has to work. You won't find me complaining about the weather ;)

I would take a picture for you, but it's too cold to go outside and it doesn't look as impressive as it sounds. There is nothing on TV except the news people talking dramatically about the weather, telling you not to leave your house, and showing all the traffic accidents (all 500+ of them). When will people learn that it is dangerous to drive on ice? This is ICE people, and you are TEXANS.