I am so over the cold and the snow. Between Monday night and this morning, we have gotten about a foot of snow, which to those of you in northeast Ohio and along the Atlantic coast I know isn't a lot but for those of us in southwest Ohio, this is not normal. At least, not all at one time.
My preschool has been open both yesterday and today. Today we were on a delay and opened at 9 a.m. instead of 6:30 a.m. However, I'm still sitting at home waiting for the wonderful Monroe or Butler County people or whoever to come plow and salt my street so I can get out of my driveway. My parents, of course, are out and about because Glenn has his four wheel drive SUV. Actually, they're currently rescuing my sister, whose car wouldn't start this morning when she went to turn it on and clean it off so she could go to work tonight.
As of right now, I'm thinking I probably will not make it to work today. I also have class this afternoon and I'm waiting to see if I'll be able to get out for that. I'm starting to go crazy being cooped up. I didn't make it to work yesterday. I tried but on the way there, I slid off the road not once, but twice. The first time it happened I managed to get myself back on the road and pulled into a UDF where I called work crying. I was told that four teachers were already out and to try my best to make it in. I managed to calm myself down and got back out on the road.
This time, I made it as far as the highway. I got about two exits down and just about careened into a wall. Instead, I ended up in the grass and had enough. I was hysterical at this point. I called my mom twice before finally reaching her. We left my car where it was and I ended up coming home. About three years ago, when doing seasonal work at a Christian bookstore over winter break from school, I did a 180 and ended up facing oncoming traffic. Ever since, I have been terrified of the snow and yesterday's incidents did not help matters at all.
Our co-director of the preschool called to check on me last night which I thought was sweet. She knows about my fears of driving in the snow and had heard about my adventures yesterday morning and wanted to make sure I was okay. I told her I was but that I was just really shaken up. We had gone to my aunt and uncle's for dinner and I told her I couldn't even stand to be in the car as a passenger at that point because I was so freaked out. She told me that she had jokingly told one of our other employees to make sure they had a bottle of Valium and a bottle of vodka ready for me when I got to work today to calm my nerves. lol It was really sweet of her to call and check on me and just another reason why I love where I work.
I know I need to work through this fear and would have done so today except that my tiny little Ford Focus currently can not get out of the driveway! I wish I could say this is probably it for our snow accumulation for winter but apparently we're supposed to get 2-3 more inches this weekend. At least it'll fall on a weekend and not a weekday. I'm so tired of being cooped up. I'm tired of snow. I want warm weather. Is it June and time for Florida yet???
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