So I go to leave for work this morning, and there's a note taped to the inside of the front door to be careful on the front path as it's icy. Okay, fine, it's below zero. I step outside and S2 is standing on the sidewalk and he says that the gravel is icy too. Which kind of makes me blink - gravel is usually good for grip even when it's cold - but indeed, it's very slippery. So I make my way on the gravel and hang on to the gatepost to get over the bit of pathway onto the sidewalk, and we're both hanging on to the garden wall and moving slowly. It takes about ten minutes to get from the front door to the end of our garden wall, and then we had to let go because most people's garden walls actually have gardens so the rest up the street have overhanging trees and such (the garden areas are gravelled in our house obviously because it's a rental and that way there's no grounds maintenance). I take a few more steps along the sidewalk and start sliding towards the parked cars. There's a car spinning its wheels on the street unable to get any traction. S2 and I look at each other at this point and say, fuck this, let's go back in the house! A1 meets us at the door - he didn't get out of the street in his car, so he came back in, too.
So here I am. I expect I will get teased mercilessly tomorrow, considering all the, "You must feel right at home with the snow," commentary I've been getting :P, but damn. I'm not risking breaking my neck. The part people keep forgetting is that yes, I'm completely used to the weather - but I'm also used to municipalities that have the equipment and manpower to deal with it. The kind of icy sidewalks I just tried to walk on wouldn't exist because the entire area would have been salted hours ago. I might've slid on the front path still if we hadn't done it properly but I would've just crunched my way along the sidwewalk. Ha, and I knew it wasn't level or anything, but did not realise it was quite that slanted towards the street until I found myself in danger of sliding into a car. *shakes head*
The plus side is that I can curl up and watch more
Criminal Minds. *beams* I have a season and a half left to go until I'm caught up to current (in a show that just aired its 100th episode at the beginning of December!) and I am well and truly hooked. I am also rather madly in love with Matthew Gray Gubler, who plays Dr Spencer Reid. And with Reid, for that matter. Also Morgan and Garcia, and I covet Garcia's apartment/hair/wardrobe *g*. But Matthew is just one of the most delightfully bizarre and adorable people ever (and he's
beautiful too). I have a serious crush. ♥
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