Weather Conspiracy

This icicle came from the roof of our house and was a mere fraction the size of most of the other icicles that hung there. No apologies, but just to give you a heads up, this is a long entry. However, by reading on you will learn how such dangerous implements came to exist on our happy home.

The awful weather here in Kentucky lately has been my fault, and here's why. I can't pinpoint exactly when, but recently I was saying to myself or someone (who knows) how pathetic the winters are here - it's just freezing for the sake of being freezing, but with nothing to show for it. No awesome snow drifts, nothing. Just bitterly cold temperatures. Here's where Murphy's Law kicks in.

Last Sunday night, as in 10 days ago, we had some mild snow accumulation through the night, and schools were cancelled Monday. Tuesday during the night, we got snow, then ice, then snow. The next day, Tuesday, it was horrible outside. Very icy. And things proceeded to get worse. We got even more ice, then more snow, and pretty much the entire state of Kentucky threw their collective hands up in the air and gave up, shutting down almost everything through Friday. Even Saturday and Sunday businesses and church services were closed and cancelled.

Yesterday, I was a little weirded out that there were still several counties canceling school and without power and running water - I mean, come on, we are not living in the dark ages, are we? Yes, there was an ice storm; but seriously, can the entire Kentucky National Guard and Governer Beshear's snow boots not get things back to normal within a week+?

So here we are, 10 days later, and I am still confined to my house. I have felt very home-bound but luckily not too crazy; actually, I have felt grateful that we have a warm, comfortable place to be that has running water and electricity.

This morning, while I was working out at the gym, I saw the weatherman say something about there being a possibility for "some snow" today and I blew it off. I mean, nothing major ever happens here, right? Right. So I planned out a productive morning of doing some much-needed (and postponed) running of errands, etc. while Sydney would be at preschool.

It snowed - hard - from the moment she left until the moment Nate brought her home early, since Fayette county schools were being sent home early. It snowed all day and was bitingly cold, so much so that once again, I put all plans of grocery shopping, library trips, etc. etc. on hold yet again to spend yet another day inside the house. And by the end of the day, I was in a pretty foul mood.

By the way, all this has thrown a major wrench into our plans for putting our house on the market, which date has been postponed until the weather calms down enough so that there is no nasty ice/wetness in our garage so we can start storing our stuff in there. In the meantime, we are accumulating boxes and bags full of stuff inside of our house like every imaginable surface is accumulating ice and snow outside. I am going crazy!!!!

Powers that be, please be apprised: I officially revoke any judgements and comments about the lame nature of Kentucky winters. I'm sorry! I was wrong! Now please, give us some warmer temperatures...