Snow Day

As you can see from the All-Knowing Apple Weather Widget, yesterday was the start of a major cold snap here in Eugene. It snowed some during the day, and during the late evening it really started snowing in earnest and we already had more than an inch by the time we went to bed. Today woke up to a winter wonderland! Wow! It was a real snow day, the schools were closed and snowmen were in abundance. The bus routes were disrupted (we are near a significant stop, meaning one with a shelter, at the top of a hill, and that’s trouble when the roads are icy.)

Our apartment complex roofs are flat on top with steeply slanted orange metal … what’s the word I want… eaves? Well, anyway… The snow collects on them and then slowly slides down in sheets. It’s pretty cool. [A side note: this image is sponsored by our collection of unusual and foreign coke bottles: I have one from Germany, one from India with real hindi script lettering, plus no short term missions experience would be complete without the sweet tastes of Fanta and Thums Up sodas. Cheers!] I was disappointed that the pool didn’t freeze over. For some reason the management doesn’t use the pool cover (we heard rumors from a past neighbor that there was a wasps nest inside of it. ooo, scary.) and so it collects lots of leaves and other crud. It makes our living room window view much less attractive. So I thought that if the pool would freeze and then snow covered it, that would look smooth and white and pretty as long as the snow lasted because nobody is going to step on a thinly frozen pool. And the gate is padlocked. Maybe it will freeze tonight during the low, low temp of 18� !!!

We were actually kind of snowed in by our 3 or 4 inches – our parking lot is at the bottom of a fairly steep incline (or at least it seems steep when it’s snowed over) and so I decided I would try taking the bus down to my usual Thursday Ladies Luncheon bible study and prayer group. Partway through the morning my friend GP called to say that fortunately her car was fixed and she wouldn’t need rides from me anymore; but unfortunately she’d tired herself out clearing snow at her apartment complex (she’s the manager) and wouldn’t be coming to the lunch. While I was conversing with her, I watched one of my neighbors attempting to drive up out of the complex… the wheels were spinning but the car was not moving and I was dreading to see it start to roll back. But thankfully they made it out OK. My bus plans confirmed as the right plan, I gathered my small change and off I went. It started to snow pretty heavily, and as I rode down the hill with snow blowing by I felt like I suddenly lived in a different town.