Enough Already, Old Man Winter!

Enough already, Old Man Winter!

I can't believe I'm saying this; however,

I want to get back to the office!

Really.

Just when I thought we were back on track, more snow today. 

Hardly any but on top of our 10 inches plus almost record breaking lows

 (down to negative 20 degrees F),

just when the major roads cleared,

this dusting is turning slick immediately

and freezing rain on the way this afternoon!

Our offices actually closed on Monday,

almost unheard of, but  those of us with laptops

 continue to work from home- part of our-business continuity plan.

I was ready to go in on Tuesday but with negative temperatures 

my Jeep, which is 15 yrs old and has 250k miles, wouldn't warm up.

Since I'm an hour (on a good day) from work, I would either frost up

or the car may stall in the middle of nowhere.

I was going to work from home, but that didn't pan out.

There was a power outage.

 We lost power for only a bit but our

internet provider (and several towns) lost power for a day.

They had to declare an emergency to bring in heavy 

equipment to clear enough snow to make repairs.

It's amazing how dependent we are on the internet.

I couldn't log on and change my out of office status from home 

since we had no internet.  I could only change my voice mail. 

I did call the people I normally work with but others did not 

receive a reply to their emails to me. 

Had anyone called, they would have heard my voice message.

I made it into the office yesterday and it was SO NICE

to have my desk, my large monitor, my copier and scanner.

Boy, what a day catching up too.

Now, I'm back working from home today.

If we get any ice on our still snow packed back roads,

they will turn into a skating rink.

They are reporting accidents all over the area,

especially calling out the one where I would have to drive.

In the meantime, we're making sure everyone has full bellies.

The pileated woodpeckers (male and female) 

are enjoying the suet, birds are eating both seed and

left over cat food on the porch.  Tom is throwing out food

for Jake, the wild turkey, and scraps are tossed over the 

deck for the opossum and raccoon.

There was a coyote running across the deer trail out back,

stopping to take a smell at our place! Then it continued on

thankfully!

We're supposed to get real rain tomorrow with higher temperatures

so hopefully it will wash away some of these snow piles.

Our school districts have been closed

(which means parents are home too!)

water main breaks everywhere,  pipes in homes are bursting,

 and power outages. 

I can't wait for Spring!!