Snow Event and Over-Sleeping
Jan. 7th, 2010 10:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mythicalgirlI meant to get up at 5:30 this morning in order to get the drive to work over with before a) the bulk of the snow arrived and b) all the drunken monkeys came out in their SUVs and 4-wheel drives and made the commute dangerous with their "I'm Invincible" antics.
Instead I woke at 8:15 going OH SHIT! Seems when I reset my alarm clocks (yes, I have two of the) I got the numbers correct but not the AM/PM part and both clocks were set to 5:30 PM. Yes, both clocks. How I managed to do that I have no idea.
I seriously contemplated working from home instead of braving the crappy roads. After the showering and getting dressed there was the dithering for a few minutes. I finally logged in to check with my boss and decided to brave the roads (and the drunken monkeys) and come to work.
The drive wasn't that bad, actually. I left so much later than normal that it only took me about 15 minutes longer than normal and traffic wasn't that heavy for the most part. The roads are crap, all slushy, and the snow continues but coming in with lighter traffic definitely made the difference between not bad and OMG what a nightmare. My only problems were some people going way slower than they needed to accompanied by the above mentioned drunken monkeys weaving between lanes because the traffic was Too Slow! And there was that one intersection were I wasn't entirely sure I was going to actually stop. I did the anti-lock brake stomp and steer and stopped just barely in time. Yes it was scary and no I don't want to do that again.
All in all my little Prius did very well in it's first real snow event. The next test will be the drive home this evening.
And yes, it is still snowing.
Instead I woke at 8:15 going OH SHIT! Seems when I reset my alarm clocks (yes, I have two of the) I got the numbers correct but not the AM/PM part and both clocks were set to 5:30 PM. Yes, both clocks. How I managed to do that I have no idea.
I seriously contemplated working from home instead of braving the crappy roads. After the showering and getting dressed there was the dithering for a few minutes. I finally logged in to check with my boss and decided to brave the roads (and the drunken monkeys) and come to work.
The drive wasn't that bad, actually. I left so much later than normal that it only took me about 15 minutes longer than normal and traffic wasn't that heavy for the most part. The roads are crap, all slushy, and the snow continues but coming in with lighter traffic definitely made the difference between not bad and OMG what a nightmare. My only problems were some people going way slower than they needed to accompanied by the above mentioned drunken monkeys weaving between lanes because the traffic was Too Slow! And there was that one intersection were I wasn't entirely sure I was going to actually stop. I did the anti-lock brake stomp and steer and stopped just barely in time. Yes it was scary and no I don't want to do that again.
All in all my little Prius did very well in it's first real snow event. The next test will be the drive home this evening.
And yes, it is still snowing.
