Family and Frozen Water

This weekend I decided that I may as well go home for a spell (after all the home folks are only 2.5 hours away). I tend to do this random sort of thing every now and then, get the idea in my head that I want to go home and...There I am! So I left Ypsilanti around 9:30 on Thursday night (the last warm night before God left the heavenly freezer door open) with out a care in the world looking forward to a few days with the family. Yea...So I ran right into a fierce wind/ice storm that blew across the northeast (hurricane force winds at times). Needless to say it was very interesting and I discovered that weather reports can sometimes be good things to listen to before trips...lesson learned.

I did make it home all in one piece thanks to divine intervention I think! I arrived around midnight/one in the morning and just decided to crash in the living room so that I didn't wake anybody up (when I come home...I just come and nobody ever knows...yea spontaneous). So in the morning I am greeted with a "hmm...That's interestin'" from my dad...they don't get surprised anymore. They even thought that I might show up that weekend as I have an uncanny way of picking the worst times to come home.

So I am home...the countryside is magically changed into an icy landscape reminiscent of the frozen land of Narnia...but it is FREEZING COLD! On top of all that all I have is light clothing and a spring jacket (lack of weather foreknowledge again) and the electricity is out because of the ice storm...and where I live...its stays out until everybody else in the country has electricity...we live in a low priority area (to the right is my road just to give you an idea). So my weekend was fun...

Needless to say I was happy to get back to school for a hot shower, hot food, and warm bed (without having to wake up ever few hours to replenish the wood stove). I think that I am getting soft living in the city...oh dear!!!